How much revenue did Killer Inside Us make?

$877–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Killer Inside Us sell?

Q: How many copies did Killer Inside Us sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 43 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $877–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 43 reviews (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 Inside Us and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Killer Inside Us's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 34k–347k

best case 29.9M (Among Us)

Games like Killer Inside Us

A typical game among these

≈ 34k–347k copies

≈ $52k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Among Us at ≈ 22.8M–37.0M copies, ≈ $31.3M–$84.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 18k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Social Deduction (8 of 8) and Investigation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Social Deduction + Space, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2025, and 3 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 38 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Among Us 2018	Est. copies ≈ 22.8M–37.0M 164x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $31.3M–$84.0M after Steam's cut $56.8M–$129.3M before Steam's cut	$4.99	749k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerSocial Deduction
Among Us 3D: VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $189k–$509k after Steam's cut $344k–$783k before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	VRMultiplayer
Unfortunate Spacemen 2020	Est. copies ≈ 187k–305k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Very Positive	Survival HorrorInvestigation
Feign 2025	Est. copies ≈ 157k–256k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $216k–$581k after Steam's cut $393k–$893k before Steam's cut	$4.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessCasual
LOCKDOWN Protocol 2025	Est. copies ≈ 496k–805k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	20k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessMultiplayer
Untrusted 2021	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $44k–$119k after Steam's cut $80k–$183k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerSocial Deduction
Killer: Infected One of Us 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut	$6.99	259 reviews Mixed	MultiplayerSpace
Deep Dark Space 2025	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $272–$732 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before Steam's cut	$9.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	HorrorMultiplayer