How much revenue did Forgive Me Father make?

$834k–$2.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Forgive Me Father sell?

Q: How many copies did Forgive Me Father sell?

152k to 246k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 152k–246k; $834k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut; from 6k 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 Forgive Me Father and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Forgive Me Father's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31k–470k

best case 1.0M (DUSK)

Games like Forgive Me Father

A typical game among these

≈ 31k–470k copies

≈ $333k–$4.2M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: DUSK at ≈ 778k–1.3M copies, ≈ $4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 585 reviews in their first month; the range was 60 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (8 of 8) and FPS (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + FPS, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 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 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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Monument 2015	Est. copies ≈ 44k–72k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$100k before Steam's cut	$1.99	903 reviews Mostly Positive	Arena ShooterBoomer Shooter
CULTIC 2022	Est. copies ≈ 218k–354k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $599k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Forgive Me Father 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $428k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $777k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	FPSLovecraftian
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