How much revenue did MENTAL make?

MENTAL is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did MENTAL sell?

Q: How many copies did MENTAL sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 81 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; from 81 reviews (Mostly 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 MENTAL and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MENTAL's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 147k–32.7M

best case 37.7M (ELDEN RING)

Games like MENTAL

A typical game among these

≈ 147k–32.7M copies

≈ $1.9M–$774.9M after Steam's cut

from ~262k 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: ELDEN RING at ≈ 28.7M–46.6M copies, ≈ $473.6M–$1273.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 38 to 347k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (8 of 8) and Action RPG (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Open World, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 1 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 61 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
ELDEN RING 2022	Est. copies ≈ 28.7M–46.6M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $473.6M–$1273.3M after Steam's cut $861.1M–$1959.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeOpen World
The Outer Worlds 2020	Est. copies ≈ 702k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	28k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction RPG
Cyberpunk 2077 2020	Est. copies ≈ 24.4M–39.6M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $402.0M–$1080.8M after Steam's cut $730.9M–$1662.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	983k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkOpen World
Red Dead Redemption 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 26.6M–43.2M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $438.4M–$1178.6M after Steam's cut $797.0M–$1813.3M before Steam's cut	$59.99	923k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldStory Rich
Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.2M–39.3M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $166.4M–$447.4M after Steam's cut $302.5M–$688.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	496k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
Atomfall 2025	Est. copies ≈ 147k–238k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.4M after Steam's cut $3.7M–$8.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
8089: The Next Action RPG 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$9.99	66 reviews Very Positive	Action RPGOpen World
Survival Nation 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $94k–$215k before Steam's cut	$29.99	254 reviews Mostly Positive	VRZombies