How much revenue did Book of Shadows make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Book of Shadows sell?

Q: How many copies did Book of Shadows sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 50 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 50 reviews (Mixed)

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 Book of Shadows and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Book of Shadows's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 707k–1.1M

best case 902k (Tricky Towers)

Games like Book of Shadows

A typical game among these

≈ 707k–1.1M copies

≈ $3.1M–$4.5M after Steam's cut

from ~15k reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Tricky Towers at ≈ 687k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 3 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (5 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Party Game + Puzzle, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2025, 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 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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Peggle Deluxe 2007	Est. copies ≈ 921k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
Tricky Towers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 687k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Party Game Puzzle
Play minigames with Reiko 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$109 after Steam's cut $75–$168 before Steam's cut	$5.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Early AccessAnime
Learn to Fly 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 390k–633k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCasual
Mr. Goofer’s Mini Game Arcade Party! 2025	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $205–$549 after Steam's cut $372–$845 before Steam's cut	$4.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	ArcadeCartoony
Rope Bowling 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20–$55 after Steam's cut $37–$84 before Steam's cut	$2.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	CasualPhysics
Candy gun 2021	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $340–$918 after Steam's cut $619–$1k before Steam's cut	$9.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Turn-Based TacticsMatch 3
PePiBo: Peregrino Pinata Bowling 2021	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $163–$440 after Steam's cut $296–$677 before Steam's cut	$7.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	CasualSports