How much revenue did Monolith make?

$37k–$99k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Monolith sell?

Q: How many copies did Monolith sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 360 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $37k–$99k after Steam's cut $67k–$152k before Steam's cut; from 360 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 Monolith and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Monolith's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 309k–638k

best case 5.3M (Little Nightmares)

Games like Monolith

A typical game among these

≈ 309k–638k copies

≈ $2.6M–$3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: Little Nightmares at ≈ 4.0M–6.5M copies, ≈ $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Female Protagonist (6 of 8) and Story Rich (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Female Protagonist, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 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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Syberia 2011	Est. copies ≈ 432k–702k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$12.99	7k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 486k–790k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.4M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	9k reviews Very Positive	IndieLocal Co-Op
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.2M–$35.6M after Steam's cut $24.1M–$54.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	42k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaRPG
Ion Fury 2019	Est. copies ≈ 196k–318k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Oxenfree 2016	Est. copies ≈ 504k–820k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Story RichChoices Matter
OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelEmotional
Little Nightmares 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	117k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
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