How much revenue did El Paso, Elsewhere make?

$201k–$541k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did El Paso, Elsewhere sell?

Q: How many copies did El Paso, Elsewhere sell?

37k to 60k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 37k–60k; $201k–$541k after Steam's cut $366k–$833k before the cut; from 1k 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 El Paso, Elsewhere out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including El Paso, Elsewhere's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.5M–7.2M

best case 9.0M (Resident Evil 4)

Games like El Paso, Elsewhere

The middle of these games

≈ 3.5M–7.2M copies

≈ $33.6M–$90.0M after Steam's cut

from ~64k reviews

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

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Resident Evil 4 at ≈ 6.8M–11.1M copies, ≈ $75.3M–$202.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (3 of 3) and Third-Person Shooter (3 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2023, 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Resident Evil 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6.8M–11.1M 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $75.3M–$202.5M after Steam's cut $136.9M–$311.6M before the cut	$39.99	276k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorAction
Max Payne 3 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.3M–$59.9M after Steam's cut $40.5M–$92.1M before the cut	$19.99	64k reviews Very Positive	ActionThird-Person Shooter
Quantum Break 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $14.2M–$38.1M after Steam's cut $25.8M–$58.6M before the cut	$39.99	31k reviews Very Positive	ActionStory Rich