How much revenue did Zapling Bygone make?

$22k–$58k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zapling Bygone sell?

Q: How many copies did Zapling Bygone sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 198 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $22k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$89k before Steam's cut; from 198 reviews (Very 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 Zapling Bygone and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zapling Bygone's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–4.1M

best case 4.8M (Inscryption)

Games like Zapling Bygone

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–4.1M copies

≈ $47k–$21.1M after Steam's cut

from ~40k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Inscryption at ≈ 3.7M–6.0M copies, ≈ $20.3M–$54.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 20k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (5 of 8) and Dark (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Battler + Card Game, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 2 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 61 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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Inscryption 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.3M–$54.6M after Steam's cut $36.9M–$84.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	149k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card BattlerCard Game
Buckshot Roulette 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.1M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$2.99	127k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MultiplayerDark
INFERNIUM 2018	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $48k–$128k after Steam's cut $87k–$197k before Steam's cut	$29.99	190 reviews Mixed	HorrorIndie
Dreaming Sarah 2015	Est. copies ≈ 140k–228k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $231k–$621k after Steam's cut $420k–$955k before Steam's cut	$5.99	3k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaPuzzle-Platformer
Deceit 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	92k reviews Mostly Positive	PvPMultiplayer
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.7M–$58.5M after Steam's cut $39.5M–$90.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	77k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericPsychological
Inn The Dark 2023	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$109 after Steam's cut $74–$168 before Steam's cut	$0.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	HorrorFirst-Person
HOMESICKNESS 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$5.99	85 reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorNostalgia