How much revenue did Scary Humans make?

$687–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Scary Humans sell?

Q: How many copies did Scary Humans sell?

250 to 406 copies, based on its 6 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 250–406; $687–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut; from 6 reviews (6 user reviews); Thin evidence: 6 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Scary Humans out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Scary Humans's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 147–423

best case 3k (Hunter Girls)

Games like Scary Humans

The middle of these games

≈ 147–423 copies

≈ $150–$1k after Steam's cut

from ~6 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hunter Girls at ≈ 2k–3k copies, ≈ $3k–$7k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 4 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 44.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Arcade (6 of 8) and Dungeon Crawler (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Side Scroller, priced around $5.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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