How much revenue did Lighthouse Keeper make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lighthouse Keeper sell?

Q: How many copies did Lighthouse Keeper sell?

10k to 17k copies, based on its 420 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–17k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut; from 420 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 Lighthouse Keeper and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lighthouse Keeper's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 34k–104k

best case 359k (Visage)

Games like Lighthouse Keeper

A typical game among these

≈ 34k–104k copies

≈ $29k–$575k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: Visage at ≈ 274k–445k copies, ≈ $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 162 reviews in their first month; the range was 12 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (8 of 8) and Survival Horror (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2021, and none of them 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 61 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
Visage 2020	Est. copies ≈ 274k–445k 10x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$10.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
The Grounding 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before Steam's cut	$2.99	675 reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
The Confession 2020	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before Steam's cut	$1.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationDark Humor
Gynophobia 2015	Est. copies ≈ 38k–62k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$86k before Steam's cut	$1.99	782 reviews Mixed	Horror Survival Horror
Minds Eyes 2016	Est. copies ≈ 76k–124k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	HorrorFree to Play
At Dead Of Night 2020	Est. copies ≈ 89k–145k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $391k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $711k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$15.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Survival Horror Horror
Enter The Backrooms 2021	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $72k–$195k after Steam's cut $132k–$300k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePsychological Horror
Evil Inside - Prologue 2021	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mixed	HorrorMultiplayer