How much revenue did Zafehouse Diaries 2 make?

$9k–$24k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zafehouse Diaries 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Zafehouse Diaries 2 sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 135 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before the cut; from 135 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 Zafehouse Diaries 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zafehouse Diaries 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 135k–277k

best case 27.2M (The Forest)

Games like Zafehouse Diaries 2

The middle of these games

≈ 135k–277k copies

≈ $851k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Forest at ≈ 20.7M–33.6M copies, ≈ $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Survival (7 of 8) and Zombies (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Horror + Building + Survival Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, and 1 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 79 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
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 193x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2024	Est. copies ≈ 111k–181k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $611k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Wanna Survive 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $52k–$119k before the cut	$11.99	304 reviews Very Positive	TacticalTurn-Based Strategy
SKYHILL 2015	Est. copies ≈ 280k–456k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $770k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$9.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAction Roguelike
Dead State: Reanimated 2014	Est. copies ≈ 143k–233k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	ZombiesSurvival
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville 2015	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $412k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $749k–$1.7M before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim Survival
Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2013	Est. copies ≈ 98k–160k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $270k–$725k after Steam's cut $491k–$1.1M before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-like Dungeon Crawler
Dead Age 2016	Est. copies ≈ 233k–379k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $961k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RPGZombies