How much revenue did Myst make?

$528k–$1.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Myst sell?

Q: How many copies did Myst sell?

55k to 89k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 55k–89k; $528k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $960k–$2.2M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Myst and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Myst's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 100k–146k

best case 1.5M (Inside the Backrooms)

Games like Myst

A typical game among these

≈ 100k–146k copies

≈ $868k–$1.6M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Inside the Backrooms at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $2.2M–$6.0M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 392 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and First-Person (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle, priced around $9. The breakout hits carry Escape Room; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, 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 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 Room 4: Old Sins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 456k–741k 6.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$8.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
Escape Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 482k–783k 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$11.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op
Inside the Backrooms 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.2M before Steam's cut	$6.99	47k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Obduction 2016	Est. copies ≈ 166k–270k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Moss VR 2018	Est. copies ≈ 105k–170k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $577k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRAdventure
Tales of Escape 2017	Est. copies ≈ 76k–124k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	PuzzleMultiplayer
Riven 2024	Est. copies ≈ 72k–116k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $689k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Kairo 2013	Est. copies ≈ 111k–180k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $152k–$409k after Steam's cut $277k–$630k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleExploration