How much revenue did Gray Skies, Dark Waters make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gray Skies, Dark Waters sell?

Q: How many copies did Gray Skies, Dark Waters sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 37 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut; from 37 reviews (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 Gray Skies, Dark Waters out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gray Skies, Dark Waters's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–150k

best case 3.5M (Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice)

Games like Gray Skies, Dark Waters

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–150k copies

≈ $6k–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~875 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice at ≈ 2.6M–4.3M copies, ≈ $21.7M–$58.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 18 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 4k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Female Protagonist (7 of 8) and Mythology (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychological + Story Rich, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, and 3 of your 8 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 52 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
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M 87x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.7M–$58.3M after Steam's cut $39.5M–$89.8M before the cut	$29.99	76k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericPsychological
Through the Woods 2016	Est. copies ≈ 70k–113k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $383k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $697k–$1.6M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureIndie
Apsulov: End of Gods 2019	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $271k–$729k after Steam's cut $493k–$1.1M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	AdventureHorror
Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga 2024	Est. copies ≈ 247k–401k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.0M before the cut	$49.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventurePsychological Horror
Dye The Bunny 2023	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $543–$1k after Steam's cut $987–$2k before the cut	$1.99	40 reviews Positive	HorrorSurreal
Inkubus Sukkubus - She of a Thousand Names 2023	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $509–$1k after Steam's cut $925–$2k before the cut	$24.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	CollectathonHidden Object
Code Alkonost: Awakening of Evil 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$19k before the cut	$15.99	43 reviews Mostly Positive	Female ProtagonistPuzzle
Heart Of Altai 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before the cut	$7.99	73 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAdventure