How much revenue did The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited make?

$19k–$50k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited sell?

Q: How many copies did The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited sell?

7k to 11k copies, based on its 275 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–11k; $19k–$50k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before the cut; from 275 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 269k–713k

best case 1.1M (Superliminal)

Games like The Catacombs of Solaris Revisited

The middle of these games

≈ 269k–713k copies

≈ $905k–$5.8M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Superliminal at ≈ 846k–1.4M copies, ≈ $4.7M–$12.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 321 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Surreal (8 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + First-Person, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, and 1 of your 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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Superliminal 2020	Est. copies ≈ 846k–1.4M 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.2M before the cut	$19.99	34k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleFirst-Person
NaissanceE 2014	Est. copies ≈ 247k–402k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationIndie
Hylics 2015	Est. copies ≈ 443k–719k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $364k–$978k after Steam's cut $662k–$1.5M before the cut	$2.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SurrealIndie
INDIKA 2024	Est. copies ≈ 234k–381k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before the cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	SurrealPuzzle
Manifold Garden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 212k–344k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before the cut	$19.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleSurreal
Antichamber 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before the cut	$19.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleFirst-Person
Paradise Killer 2020	Est. copies ≈ 112k–182k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $617k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Story RichInvestigation
Samorost 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 186k–302k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $255k–$685k after Steam's cut $463k–$1.1M before the cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickCasual