How much revenue did The Heilwald Loophole make?

$25k–$68k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Heilwald Loophole sell?

Q: How many copies did The Heilwald Loophole sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 373 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before Steam's cut; from 373 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 The Heilwald Loophole and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Heilwald Loophole's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.8M–3.7M

best case 27.4M (Phasmophobia)

Games like The Heilwald Loophole

A typical game among these

≈ 1.8M–3.7M copies

≈ $7.2M–$22.7M after Steam's cut

from ~43k 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: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.9M–33.9M copies, ≈ $114.8M–$308.5M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (8 of 8) and Horror (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Supernatural + VR + Online Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2020, 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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Five Nights at Freddy's 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.3M after Steam's cut $8.3M–$18.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	59k reviews Very Positive	HorrorSingleplayer
Layers of Fear (2016) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.3M–$17.1M after Steam's cut $11.5M–$26.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	28k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Outlast 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	65k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Outlast 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.4M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $36.4M–$98.0M after Steam's cut $66.3M–$150.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	140k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorFirst-Person
Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.4M–$33.4M after Steam's cut $22.6M–$51.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	HorrorGore
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.3M before Steam's cut	$7.99	26k reviews Very Positive	HorrorSingleplayer
Pacify 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before Steam's cut	$4.99	43k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20.9M–33.9M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.8M–$308.5M after Steam's cut $208.6M–$474.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	842k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op