How much revenue did >observer_ make?

$1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did >observer_ sell?

Q: How many copies did >observer_ sell?

204k to 331k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 204k–331k; $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before the cut; from 6k reviews (Mostly Positive)

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 >observer_ out and predicted the genre from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including >observer_'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 99k–181k

best case 332k (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream)

Games like >observer_

The middle of these games

≈ 99k–181k copies

≈ $947k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

All 6 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream at ≈ 253k–411k copies, ≈ $695k–$1.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 868 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 364 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (4 of 6) and Stealth (3 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Point & Click + Horror, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2022, 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 79 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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Apsulov: End of Gods 2019	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $271k–$729k after Steam's cut $493k–$1.1M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	AdventureHorror
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