How much revenue did Born Into Fear make?

$11k–$31k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Born Into Fear sell?

Q: How many copies did Born Into Fear sell?

7k to 11k copies, based on its 281 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–11k; $11k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$47k before Steam's cut; from 281 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 Born Into Fear and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Born Into Fear's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 68k–125k

best case 804k (ANIMAL WELL)

Games like Born Into Fear

A typical game among these

≈ 68k–125k copies

≈ $225k–$578k 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: ANIMAL WELL at ≈ 612k–995k copies, ≈ $4.2M–$11.3M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 163 to 10k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (7 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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ANIMAL WELL 2024	Est. copies ≈ 612k–995k 9.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.3M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
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