How much revenue did I'm on Observation Duty 3 make?

$8k–$20k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did I'm on Observation Duty 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did I'm on Observation Duty 3 sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 370 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut; from 370 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 I'm on Observation Duty 3 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including I'm on Observation Duty 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.3M–6.6M

best case 9.1M (Resident Evil 4)

Games like I'm on Observation Duty 3

A typical game among these

≈ 4.3M–6.6M copies

≈ $16.0M–$61.2M after Steam's cut

from ~141k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Resident Evil 4 at ≈ 7.0M–11.3M copies, ≈ $76.4M–$205.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 42k reviews in their first month; the range was 3k to 114k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (6 of 8) and First-Person (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.1M–$64.9M after Steam's cut $43.9M–$99.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	128k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Soundpad 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	105k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	UtilitiesAudio Production
Resident Evil Village 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut $76.8M–$174.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	155k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Survival Horror Horror
DEVOUR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.2M after Steam's cut $11.0M–$24.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	88k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
VRChat 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9.3M–15.1M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	269k reviews Mostly Positive	VRFree to Play
Resident Evil 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.3M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $76.4M–$205.5M after Steam's cut $139.0M–$316.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	280k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorAction
Gorilla Tag 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.7M–$31.6M after Steam's cut $21.4M–$48.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	86k reviews Very Positive	VRPsychological Horror
Escape the Backrooms 2025	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.4M–$30.6M after Steam's cut $20.7M–$47.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	167k reviews Very Positive	HorrorMultiplayer