How much revenue did UNDETECTED make?

$11k–$29k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did UNDETECTED sell?

Q: How many copies did UNDETECTED sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 107 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $20k–$45k before Steam's cut; from 107 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 UNDETECTED and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including UNDETECTED's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 176k–359k

best case 542k (Desperados III)

Games like UNDETECTED

A typical game among these

≈ 176k–359k copies

≈ $1.4M–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Desperados III at ≈ 413k–671k copies, ≈ $4.5M–$12.2M 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 371 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Stealth (8 of 8) and Tactical (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Real Time Tactics + Stealth, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 3 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
Desperados III 2020	Est. copies ≈ 413k–671k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.5M–$12.2M after Steam's cut $8.3M–$18.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Real Time TacticsStrategy
Of Guards And Thieves 2014	Est. copies ≈ 242k–393k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerFree to Play
Intravenous 2: Mercenarism 2024	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	TacticalRealistic
Intravenous 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $652k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	TacticalShooter
Heat Signature 2017	Est. copies ≈ 255k–415k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	SpaceStealth
The WereCleaner 2024	Est. copies ≈ 329k–535k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StealthCasual
Intravenous 2021	Est. copies ≈ 139k–226k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $765k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	StealthTactical
METAL GEAR SOLID - Master Collection Version 2023	Est. copies ≈ 152k–247k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $835k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	ActionStealth