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How many copies did Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 59k–96k
$486k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $883k–$2.0M 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 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–3.6M
best case 8.5M (Resident Evil 2)
Games like Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel

A typical game among these

≈ 1.2M–3.6M copies

≈ $9.7M–$27.4M after Steam's cut

from ~36k 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: Resident Evil 2 at ≈ 6.5M–10.5M copies, ≈ $70.9M–$190.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 8k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Horror (6 of 8) and Survival Horror (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Zombies + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2007 to 2022, 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 79 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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DEVOUR
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Est. copies
≈ 2.2M–3.6M
2.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$6.0M–$16.2M after Steam's cut $11.0M–$24.9M before Steam's cut
$9.99
88k reviews
Very Positive
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SIGNALIS
2022
Est. copies
≈ 862k–1.4M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.6M before Steam's cut
$19.99
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Resident Evil 2
2019
Est. copies
≈ 6.5M–10.5M
6.2x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$70.9M–$190.7M after Steam's cut $129.0M–$293.4M before Steam's cut
$39.99
224k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ZombiesSurvival Horror
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2017
Est. copies
≈ 1.1M–1.7M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$11.7M–$31.6M after Steam's cut $21.4M–$48.6M before Steam's cut
$39.99
31k reviews
Very Positive
Scorn
2022
Est. copies
≈ 494k–802k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$5.4M–$14.6M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.5M before Steam's cut
$39.99
20k reviews
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GoreHorror
Peggle Deluxe
2007
Est. copies
≈ 921k–1.5M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut
$4.99
15k reviews
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CasualPuzzle
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
2017
Est. copies
≈ 4.4M–7.1M
3.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$24.1M–$64.9M after Steam's cut $43.9M–$99.9M before Steam's cut
$19.99
128k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Bendy and the Ink Machine
2017
Est. copies
≈ 1.3M–2.1M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$7.0M–$18.9M after Steam's cut $12.8M–$29.1M before Steam's cut
$19.99
37k reviews
Very Positive
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