How much revenue did Beholder 3 make?

$352k–$946k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Beholder 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Beholder 3 sell?

71k to 116k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 71k–116k; $352k–$946k after Steam's cut $640k–$1.5M before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Mixed)

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 Beholder 3 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beholder 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 370k–808k

best case 1.7M (Beholder)

Games like Beholder 3

A typical game among these

≈ 370k–808k copies

≈ $2.3M–$7.5M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Beholder at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Political Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dystopian + Choices Matter, priced around $14.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2022, 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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Not For Broadcast 2022	Est. copies ≈ 315k–512k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Adventure1980s
Beholder 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$13.99	31k reviews Very Positive	Dystopian Choices Matter
Long Live The Queen 2013	Est. copies ≈ 453k–736k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelPolitical Sim
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength 2018	Est. copies ≈ 58k–95k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $160k–$431k after Steam's cut $292k–$664k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationChoices Matter
Rebel Inc: Escalation 2021	Est. copies ≈ 189k–307k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $778k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Democracy 3 2013	Est. copies ≈ 459k–745k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	Political SimSimulation
Beholder 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 248k–404k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.1M before Steam's cut	$17.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Dystopian Strategy
Imperator: Rome 2019	Est. copies ≈ 773k–1.3M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.5M–$22.8M after Steam's cut $15.5M–$35.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	27k reviews Mixed	StrategyGrand Strategy