How much revenue did Acid Spy make?

$9k–$23k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Acid Spy sell?

Q: How many copies did Acid Spy sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 172 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $9k–$23k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before the cut; from 172 reviews (Very 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 Acid Spy out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Acid Spy's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.8M–7.0M

best case 31.7M (Dying Light)

Games like Acid Spy

The middle of these games

≈ 1.8M–7.0M copies

≈ $20.7M–$76.5M after Steam's cut

from ~43k 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.

Best case: Dying Light at ≈ 24.1M–39.2M copies, ≈ $165.8M–$445.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Stealth (6 of 8) and First-Person (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Survival Horror, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2021, 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 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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Outlast 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.7M–14.2M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $36.0M–$96.9M after Steam's cut $65.5M–$149.1M before the cut	$14.99	138k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorFirst-Person
Watch_Dogs™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $16.1M–$43.4M after Steam's cut $29.4M–$66.8M before the cut	$19.99	52k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldHacking
Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.1M–39.2M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $165.8M–$445.8M after Steam's cut $301.5M–$685.8M before the cut	$24.99	494k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
Thief 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.6M before the cut	$19.99	24k reviews Mostly Positive	StealthAction
Watch_Dogs® 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $57.9M–$155.7M after Steam's cut $105.3M–$239.5M before the cut	$49.99	101k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldHacking
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.3M–$35.7M after Steam's cut $24.2M–$55.0M before the cut	$29.99	33k reviews Very Positive	AssassinOpen World
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.2M after Steam's cut $13.7M–$31.1M before the cut	$19.99	22k reviews Mostly Positive	StealthAction
DEATHLOOP 2021	Est. copies ≈ 755k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.4M–$33.5M after Steam's cut $22.6M–$51.5M before the cut	$59.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	FPSAction