How much revenue did Deadlink make?

$627k–$1.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Deadlink sell?

Q: How many copies did Deadlink sell?

91k to 148k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 91k–148k; $627k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Deadlink and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deadlink's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–85k

best case 417k (SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE)

Games like Deadlink

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–85k copies

≈ $37k–$773k after Steam's cut

from ~442 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE at ≈ 318k–516k copies, ≈ $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 103 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (7 of 8) and Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Time Manipulation, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 318k–516k 29x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	13k reviews Very Positive	FPSTime Manipulation
CYBERHUNK 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$4.99	103 reviews Very Positive	FPSBoomer Shooter
GUNHEAD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $28k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before Steam's cut	$19.99	209 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionIndie
Golden Light 2022	Est. copies ≈ 99k–161k 9.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $546k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $992k–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	3DAction
COMPOUND 2022	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $292k–$786k after Steam's cut $531k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-lite
Maze 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	86 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeCyberpunk
Black Ice 2014	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $208k–$559k after Steam's cut $378k–$860k before Steam's cut	$19.99	675 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessExploration
BeachHead 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $11k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$47k before Steam's cut	$14.99	111 reviews Mixed	CombatPost-apocalyptic