How much revenue did Panoptic make?

$38k–$101k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Panoptic sell?

Q: How many copies did Panoptic sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 324 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $38k–$101k after Steam's cut $68k–$155k before the cut; from 324 reviews (Very 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 Panoptic out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Panoptic's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 814–14k

best case 1.1M (Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes)

Games like Panoptic

The middle of these games

≈ 814–14k copies

≈ $4k–$228k after Steam's cut

from ~37 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes at ≈ 835k–1.4M copies, ≈ $3.4M–$9.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 15 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 5 to 339.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (7 of 8) and Asymmetric VR (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Puzzle, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Late For Work 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before the cut	$14.99	84 reviews Very Positive	VRLocal Multiplayer
DAVIGO: VR vs. PC 2023	Est. copies ≈ 35k–56k 38x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $238k–$639k after Steam's cut $432k–$983k before the cut	$24.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessVR
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes 2015	Est. copies ≈ 835k–1.4M 462x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.3M after Steam's cut $6.3M–$14.2M before the cut	$14.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opLocal Multiplayer
Puppet Fever 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before the cut	$14.99	37 reviews Positive	VRLocal Multiplayer
Rival Rides 2023	Est. copies ≈ 918–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	37 reviews Positive	VRParty Game
Operation Armstrong 2021	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut	$12.99	26 reviews Mostly Positive	VRAsymmetric VR
Potato Party: Hash It Out 2021	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$9.99	22 reviews Positive	Asymmetric VRMultiplayer
OctoRaid VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $681–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$9.99	10 reviews Positive	Asymmetric VRAction