How much revenue did Creepy Tale make?

$101k–$273k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Creepy Tale sell?

Q: How many copies did Creepy Tale sell?

74k to 120k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74k–120k; $101k–$273k after Steam's cut $185k–$420k before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Very 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 Creepy Tale and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Creepy Tale's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 33k–38k

best case 202k (Creaks)

Games like Creepy Tale

A typical game among these

≈ 33k–38k copies

≈ $161k–$219k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Creaks at ≈ 154k–250k copies, ≈ $845k–$2.3M 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 182 reviews in their first month; the range was 130 to 617.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hand-drawn (6 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hand-drawn, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Bridge 2013	Est. copies ≈ 275k–447k 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $756k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerHand-drawn
LIBERATED 2020	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $119k–$320k after Steam's cut $216k–$492k before Steam's cut	$19.99	872 reviews Mostly Positive	ConspiracyComic Book
My Memory of Us 2018	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $143k–$385k after Steam's cut $260k–$592k before Steam's cut	$17.99	952 reviews Very Positive	RelaxingAction
Raji: An Ancient Epic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $487k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $886k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	RelaxingMythology
Creaks 2020	Est. copies ≈ 154k–250k 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $845k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleHand-drawn
Munin 2014	Est. copies ≈ 64k–103k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $87k–$235k after Steam's cut $159k–$361k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	IndiePuzzle-Platformer
Creepy Tale 3: Ingrid Penance 2023	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $72k–$193k after Steam's cut $131k–$297k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Hand-drawn2D
SILT 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $103k–$276k after Steam's cut $187k–$425k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleAtmospheric