How much revenue did SHUT IN make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SHUT IN sell?

Q: How many copies did SHUT IN sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 112 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut; from 112 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 SHUT IN and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SHUT IN's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–4k

best case 23k (Mindlock - The Apartment)

Games like SHUT IN

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–4k copies

≈ $2k–$12k after Steam's cut

from ~113 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mindlock - The Apartment at ≈ 17k–28k copies, ≈ $71k–$191k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 18 reviews in their first month; the range was 12 to 238.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (7 of 8) and Visual Novel (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Story Rich + Adventure + Point & Click; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: Only 3 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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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Mindlock - The Apartment 2024	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $71k–$191k after Steam's cut $129k–$294k before Steam's cut	$14.99	696 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
Naked News 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $729–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$0.99	108 reviews Mixed	CasualHorror
Dread X Collection 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $53k–$121k before Steam's cut	$9.99	431 reviews Very Positive	Survival Horror Horror
The Zodiac Trial 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $15k–$42k after Steam's cut $28k–$64k before Steam's cut	$14.99	151 reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelChoose Your Own Adventure
Bobok 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$4.99	117 reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelBased On A Novel
Cataplexy 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $801–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$1.99	59 reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelDark Comedy
The Specter's Desire 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before Steam's cut	$19.99	56 reviews Very Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureVisual Novel
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$3.49	124 reviews Very Positive	HorrorThriller