How much revenue did Cold Call make?

$662–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cold Call sell?

Q: How many copies did Cold Call sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 98 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $662–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 98 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 Cold Call and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cold Call's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 45k–144k

best case 357k (Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit)

Games like Cold Call

A typical game among these

≈ 45k–144k copies

≈ $304k–$1.0M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit at ≈ 272k–442k copies, ≈ $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 282 reviews in their first month; the range was 176 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (8 of 8) and Survival Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Exploration, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 2 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).

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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit 2024	Est. copies ≈ 272k–442k 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorPixel Graphics
Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut 2012	Est. copies ≈ 83k–134k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $227k–$610k after Steam's cut $412k–$938k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	HorrorIndie
Withering Rooms 2024	Est. copies ≈ 40k–64k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $273k–$733k after Steam's cut $496k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorAction Roguelike
DARQ: Complete Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $664k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	HorrorDark
The Coma: Recut 2017	Est. copies ≈ 106k–173k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $439k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $798k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$75k before Steam's cut	$3.99	666 reviews Very Positive	AdventureSurvival Horror
Livestream: Escape from Hotel Izanami 2021	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $103k–$277k after Steam's cut $187k–$426k before Steam's cut	$19.99	755 reviews Mostly Positive	Sexual ContentHorror
PIGGY: Hunt 2021	Est. copies ≈ 41k–66k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	Early AccessAdventure