How much revenue did Death and Progress make?

$592–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Death and Progress sell?

Q: How many copies did Death and Progress sell?

720 to 1k copies, based on its 25 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 720–1k; $592–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut; from 25 reviews (Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Death and Progress and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Death and Progress's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 144k–258k

best case 3.6M (OneShot)

Games like Death and Progress

A typical game among these

≈ 144k–258k copies

≈ $659k–$1.0M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: OneShot at ≈ 2.7M–4.4M copies, ≈ $7.5M–$20.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 735 reviews in their first month; the range was 527 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (5 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich, priced around $11. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Story Rich + Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 2 of the 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 52 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
Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo 2016	Est. copies ≈ 102k–165k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror2D
Mad Father 2016	Est. copies ≈ 283k–461k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $779k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGMakerHorror
Ib 2022	Est. copies ≈ 132k–215k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $473k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $860k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$12.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichPixel Graphics
Buy a Croquette! 2024	Est. copies ≈ 214k–348k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGMakerMystery
OneShot: World Machine Edition 2024	Est. copies ≈ 144k–234k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $395k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $719k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleExploration
OneShot 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.1M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$30.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	65k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichPixel Graphics
Misao - 2024 HD Remaster 2017	Est. copies ≈ 89k–144k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $243k–$654k after Steam's cut $442k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationPuzzle
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley 2023	Est. copies ≈ 982k–1.6M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.4M before Steam's cut	$11.99	40k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PsychologicalDark Comedy