How much revenue did The Nightmare Journey make?

$217–$584 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Nightmare Journey sell?

Q: How many copies did The Nightmare Journey sell?

397 to 645 copies, based on its 16 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 397–645; $217–$584 after Steam's cut $395–$898 before Steam's cut; from 16 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 The Nightmare Journey and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Nightmare Journey's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–116k

best case 5.3M (Little Nightmares)

Games like The Nightmare Journey

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–116k copies

≈ $94k–$475k 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Little Nightmares at ≈ 4.0M–6.5M copies, ≈ $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 321 reviews in their first month; the range was 170 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle-Platformer (8 of 8) and Puzzle (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Puzzle-Platformer, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Indie + Atmospheric + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Little Nightmares 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 77x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	117k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
当火车鸣笛三秒 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$137k before Steam's cut	$9.99	487 reviews Mostly Positive	Interactive FictionWord Game
Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $69k–$184k after Steam's cut $125k–$284k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationPuzzle-Platformer
Lakeview Cabin Collection 2015	Est. copies ≈ 95k–154k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $260k–$699k after Steam's cut $473k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Survival Horror2D Platformer
Laughing to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 82k–133k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $113k–$302k after Steam's cut $205k–$465k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureCasual
DARQ: Complete Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $664k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	HorrorDark
YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- 2018	Est. copies ≈ 46k–75k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $255k–$685k after Steam's cut $463k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	ExplorationPuzzle-Platformer
Reflection of Mine 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $39k–$88k before Steam's cut	$8.99	250 reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorPuzzle-Platformer