How much revenue did VERGE:Lost chapter make?

$42k–$112k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did VERGE:Lost chapter sell?

Q: How many copies did VERGE:Lost chapter sell?

153k to 248k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 153k–248k; $42k–$112k after Steam's cut $76k–$172k before the cut; from 3k reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left VERGE:Lost chapter out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including VERGE:Lost chapter's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–6.1M

best case 12.7M (Assetto Corsa)

Games like VERGE:Lost chapter

The middle of these games

≈ 1.2M–6.1M copies

≈ $7.6M–$51.1M after Steam's cut

from ~55k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Open World (4 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Assetto Corsa at ≈ 9.7M–15.8M copies, ≈ $53.4M–$143.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (4 of 8) and Simulation (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2023, and none of them shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.7M–15.8M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.4M–$143.6M after Steam's cut $97.1M–$220.9M before the cut	$19.99	173k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
The Isle 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.8M–9.5M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $32.0M–$86.1M after Steam's cut $58.2M–$132.5M before the cut	$19.99	119k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursSurvival
Viscera Cleanup Detail 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.1M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.1M before the cut	$12.99	24k reviews Very Positive	SimulationGore
House Party 2022	Est. copies ≈ 382k–621k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$10.9M before the cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	NudityMature
The Long Dark 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.9M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.4M–$62.8M after Steam's cut $42.5M–$96.6M before the cut	$19.99	123k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
Miscreated 2018	Est. copies ≈ 960k–1.6M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.3M after Steam's cut $14.4M–$32.8M before the cut	$29.99	32k reviews Mixed	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Just Survive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	77k reviews Mixed	ZombiesSurvival
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut 2023	Est. copies ≈ 837k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.1M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.1M before the cut	$17.99	34k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelChoices Matter