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 82 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; from 82 reviews (Mostly 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 MENTAL out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MENTAL's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 145k–32.6M

best case 37.5M (ELDEN RING)

Games like MENTAL

The middle of these games

≈ 145k–32.6M copies

≈ $1.9M–$770.8M after Steam's cut

from ~262k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ELDEN RING at ≈ 28.6M–46.4M copies, ≈ $471.3M–$1267.1M 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 38 to 347k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (8 of 8) and Action RPG (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Open World, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, and 1 of your 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).

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ELDEN RING 2022	Est. copies ≈ 28.6M–46.4M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $471.3M–$1267.1M after Steam's cut $856.9M–$1949.4M before the 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 ≈ 24.3M–39.4M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $400.4M–$1076.6M after Steam's cut $728.1M–$1656.3M before the cut	$59.99	979k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkOpen World
Red Dead Redemption 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 26.4M–42.9M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $435.5M–$1170.8M after Steam's cut $791.7M–$1801.2M before the cut	$59.99	917k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldStory Rich
Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.2M–39.2M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $166.0M–$446.3M after Steam's cut $301.8M–$686.6M before the cut	$24.99	495k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
Atomfall 2025	Est. copies ≈ 145k–235k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.4M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before the 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 the 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 the cut	$29.99	254 reviews Mostly Positive	VRZombies