How much revenue did Sunlight make?

$13k–$34k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sunlight sell?

Q: How many copies did Sunlight sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 468 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$53k before Steam's cut; from 468 reviews (Mostly 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 Sunlight and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sunlight's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–15k

best case 1.5M (The Beginner's Guide)

Games like Sunlight

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–15k copies

≈ $7k–$47k after Steam's cut

from ~283 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: The Beginner's Guide at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M 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 28 reviews in their first month; the range was 24 to 42.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Abstract (5 of 8) and Experimental (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Walking Simulator, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Story Rich + Narration + Short; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 79 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
The Beginner's Guide 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 83x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	Story Rich Walking Simulator
MirrorMoon EP 2013	Est. copies ≈ 38k–62k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $158k–$425k after Steam's cut $288k–$654k before Steam's cut	$14.99	607 reviews Mixed	IndieExploration
TRIP Steam Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$0.99	283 reviews Mixed	Walking SimulatorIndie
Life Tastes Like Cardboard 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	337 reviews Very Positive	IndieEmotional
The Utility Room 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $26k–$69k after Steam's cut $47k–$106k before Steam's cut	$12.99	290 reviews Very Positive	VRIndie
Loneliness 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	148 reviews Very Positive	ExperimentalAbstract
Eschaton 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$1.99	169 reviews Very Positive	SurrealConspiracy
Barbotine 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$2.99	176 reviews Very Positive	PsychologicalSurreal