How much revenue did The Secret of Retropolis make?

$13k–$35k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Secret of Retropolis sell?

Q: How many copies did The Secret of Retropolis sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 189 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $13k–$35k after Steam's cut $23k–$53k before Steam's cut; from 189 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 The Secret of Retropolis and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Secret of Retropolis's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–83k

best case 27.4M (Phasmophobia)

Games like The Secret of Retropolis

A typical game among these

≈ 12k–83k copies

≈ $82k–$746k after Steam's cut

from ~525 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.9M–33.9M copies, ≈ $114.8M–$308.5M 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 439 reviews in their first month; the range was 36 to 40k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (6 of 8) and Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Online Co-Op + Multiplayer + Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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
Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20.9M–33.9M 1603x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.8M–$308.5M after Steam's cut $208.6M–$474.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	842k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Syberia: The World Before 2022	Est. copies ≈ 125k–204k 9.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	AdventureStory Rich
HINGE VR 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $27k–$72k after Steam's cut $49k–$111k before Steam's cut	$19.99	197 reviews Mostly Positive	VRHorror
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files 2017	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $332k–$892k after Steam's cut $604k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mixed	AdventureAction
Curious Cases 2019	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$89k before Steam's cut	$6.99	388 reviews Mostly Positive	Puzzle Horror
Batman™: Arkham VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 87k–141k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $477k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $868k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mixed	VRAdventure
The Invisible Hours 2017	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $149k–$400k after Steam's cut $271k–$616k before Steam's cut	$29.99	525 reviews Very Positive	AdventureCasual
Hello Neighbor VR: Search and Rescue 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $62k–$168k after Steam's cut $113k–$258k before Steam's cut	$29.99	305 reviews Mostly Positive	VRSurvival Horror