How much revenue did I hate this game make?

$42k–$112k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did I hate this game sell?

Q: How many copies did I hate this game sell?

76k to 123k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 76k–123k; $42k–$112k after Steam's cut $76k–$172k before the cut; from 3k 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 I hate this game out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including I hate this game's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 962k–2.0M

best case 6.7M (Papers, Please)

Games like I hate this game

The middle of these games

≈ 962k–2.0M copies

≈ $5.1M–$12.2M after Steam's cut

from ~35k 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.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Puzzle (4 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Papers, Please at ≈ 5.1M–8.3M copies, ≈ $13.9M–$37.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 54 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (4 of 8) and Co-op (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Political + Simulation, priced around $10.
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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Papers, Please 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.9M–$37.5M after Steam's cut $25.4M–$57.7M before the cut	$9.99	80k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndiePolitical
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension 2020	Est. copies ≈ 644k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before the cut	$12.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieAdventure
The Escapists 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.2M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.4M before the cut	$19.99	34k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerStrategy
Baba Is You 2019	Est. copies ≈ 705k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before the cut	$14.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleIndie
CARRION 2020	Est. copies ≈ 882k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.8M–$13.0M after Steam's cut $8.8M–$20.1M before the cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	Villain ProtagonistPixel Graphics
PICO PARK 2021	Est. copies ≈ 742k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before the cut	$4.99	30k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOnline Co-Op
OneShot 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.6M before the cut	$9.99	65k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichPixel Graphics
Unpacking 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.9M after Steam's cut $10.1M–$22.9M before the cut	$19.99	41k reviews Very Positive	RelaxingCute