How much revenue did Botany Manor make?

$270k–$727k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Botany Manor sell?

Q: How many copies did Botany Manor sell?

39k to 64k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 39k–64k; $270k–$727k after Steam's cut $491k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Botany Manor and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Botany Manor's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–239k

best case 380k (The Exit 8)

Games like Botany Manor

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–239k copies

≈ $74k–$874k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: The Exit 8 at ≈ 289k–470k copies, ≈ $317k–$853k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 127 reviews in their first month; the range was 20 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Walking Simulator, priced around $4.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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 52 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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INFRA 2016	Est. copies ≈ 156k–254k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleExploration
The Inheritance of Crimson Manor 2022	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $131k–$351k after Steam's cut $237k–$540k before Steam's cut	$19.99	958 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationPuzzle
Isle of Pan 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut	$19.99	44 reviews Positive	ExplorationPhoto Editing
Firmament 2023	Est. copies ≈ 41k–66k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $393k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $714k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleAdventure
The Exit 8 2023	Est. copies ≈ 289k–470k 9.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $317k–$853k after Steam's cut $577k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$3.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Psychological Horror Walking Simulator
Abnormal1999:Sector 49 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$2.99	133 reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Dear Esther: Landmark Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 261k–424k 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $717k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Mostly Positive	Walking SimulatorExploration
Left Alone 2016	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $94k–$213k before Steam's cut	$6.99	644 reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationPuzzle