How much revenue did Thing-in-Itself make?

An estimated 3k to 8k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Thing-in-Itself sell?

Q: How many copies did Thing-in-Itself sell?

An estimated 4k to 7k copies, based on its 126 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $3k–$8k net $5k–$12k gross; from 126 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 Thing-in-Itself out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Thing-in-Itself's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 131k–861k

best case 1.2M (Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk)

The First-Person lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 279k copies.

A typical game

≈ 279k copies

≈ $1.6M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.2M copies

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk · ≈ $676k after Steam's cut

from 34k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Psychological Horror, priced around $1.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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