How much revenue did Metropolis: Lux Obscura make?

$37k–$99k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Metropolis: Lux Obscura sell?

Q: How many copies did Metropolis: Lux Obscura sell?

17k to 27k copies, based on its 488 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–27k; $37k–$99k after Steam's cut $67k–$153k before the cut; from 488 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 Metropolis: Lux Obscura out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Metropolis: Lux Obscura's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 32k–38k

best case 3.4M (Mirror)

Games like Metropolis: Lux Obscura

The middle of these games

≈ 32k–38k copies

≈ $26k–$29k after Steam's cut

from ~942 reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

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

Best case: Mirror at ≈ 2.6M–4.2M copies, ≈ $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Nudity (8 of 8) and Sexual Content (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sexual Content + Nudity, priced around $3. The breakout hits carry NSFW + Mature + Anime; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2022, 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).

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