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How many copies did Killer in the cabin sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 3k–5k
$6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$26k before Steam's cut
from 131 reviews (Mostly 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 Killer in the cabin and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Killer in the cabin's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–19k
best case 50k (Suspects: Mystery Mansion)
Games like Killer in the cabin

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–19k copies

≈ $3k–$31k after Steam's cut

from ~341 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Suspects: Mystery Mansion at ≈ 38k–62k copies.

What their first month looked like
The games that made it here had under 297 reviews in their first month.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Social Deduction (6 of 8) and Co-op (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Conversation + Social Deduction.
When they shipped
4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.
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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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