How much revenue did Nephise Begins make?

$13k–$35k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nephise Begins sell?

Q: How many copies did Nephise Begins sell?

48k to 78k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 48k–78k; $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $24k–$54k before the cut; from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 658k–841k

best case 2.4M (What Remains of Edith Finch)

Games like Nephise Begins

The middle of these games

≈ 658k–841k copies

≈ $4.8M–$6.4M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: What Remains of Edith Finch at ≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies, ≈ $10.0M–$26.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Walking Simulator (7 of 8) and First-Person (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Walking Simulator, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Story Rich + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2017. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 43 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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What Remains of Edith Finch 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $10.0M–$26.8M after Steam's cut $18.1M–$41.2M before the cut	$19.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichAtmospheric
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2014	Est. copies ≈ 503k–817k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before the cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	MysteryAtmospheric
Octodad: Dadliest Catch 2014	Est. copies ≈ 599k–974k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before the cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ComedyPhysics
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs 2013	Est. copies ≈ 765k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.3M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.4M before the cut	$19.99	12k reviews Mixed	Horror Walking Simulator
The Stanley Parable 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.3M before the cut	$14.99	46k reviews Very Positive	ComedyNarration
The Beginner's Guide 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.9M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.0M before the cut	$9.99	23k reviews Very Positive	Story Rich Walking Simulator
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.8M–$28.9M after Steam's cut $19.6M–$44.5M before the cut	$14.99	41k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAtmospheric
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