How much revenue did Storyteller make?

$944k–$2.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Storyteller sell?

Q: How many copies did Storyteller sell?

229k to 372k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 229k–372k; $944k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut; from 9k 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 Storyteller and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Storyteller's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 356k–873k

best case 1.6M (Sally Face - Episode One)

Games like Storyteller

A typical game among these

≈ 356k–873k copies

≈ $1.7M–$4.2M after Steam's cut

from ~13k 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: Sally Face - Episode One at ≈ 1.2M–2.0M copies, ≈ $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 953 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (7 of 8) and Story Rich (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Psychological Horror, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 1 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 61 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
Sally Face - Episode One 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$2.99	30k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story Rich Psychological Horror
Little Misfortune 2019	Est. copies ≈ 409k–664k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorPoint & Click
Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery 2021	Est. copies ≈ 192k–312k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $685k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericSingleplayer
The Case of the Golden Idol 2022	Est. copies ≈ 273k–444k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$17.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MysteryDetective
Her Story 2015	Est. copies ≈ 509k–827k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	InvestigationTyping
No Case Should Remain Unsolved 2024	Est. copies ≈ 266k–433k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $512k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $930k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$6.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Interactive FictionPuzzle
Gorogoa 2017	Est. copies ≈ 717k–1.2M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.0M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleHand-drawn
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension 2020	Est. copies ≈ 648k–1.1M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieAdventure