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How big is Deeply Dark: Found Footage?

Estimated owners
≈ 5k–8k
from 206 reviews (Mixed)

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 Deeply Dark: Found Footage out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deeply Dark: Found Footage's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–2.5M
best case 3.6M (Mirror 2: Project X)

7 of your 8 similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game
≈ 1.1M–2.5M copies
≈ $2.8M–$7.2M after Steam's cut
from ~34k reviews
Best case
≈ 2.8M–4.5M copies
Mirror 2: Project X · ≈ $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Visual Novel (6 of 8) and Interactive Fiction (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Match 3 + Anime, priced around $2.
The era
The games you compared span 2012 to 2025, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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3.4x vs typical
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$1.99
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3DMatch 3
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$14.99
32k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive

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