How much revenue did DarkTimes: Wrath of the Raven make?

$382–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DarkTimes: Wrath of the Raven sell?

Q: How many copies did DarkTimes: Wrath of the Raven sell?

174 to 282 copies, based on its 7 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174–282; $382–$1k after Steam's cut $695–$2k before Steam's cut; from 7 reviews (7 user reviews); Only 7 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 DarkTimes: Wrath of the Raven and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DarkTimes: Wrath of the Raven's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–1.6M

best case 1.5M (Inside the Backrooms)

Games like DarkTimes: Wrath of the Raven

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–1.6M copies

≈ $3.7M–$4.3M after Steam's cut

from ~24k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Horror (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Inside the Backrooms at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 392 reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (4 of 8) and Top-Down Shooter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $7.
When they shipped: The similar games span 1997 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 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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Inside the Backrooms 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.2M before Steam's cut	$6.99	47k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
We Were Here Together 2019	Est. copies ≈ 512k–831k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	18k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleOnline Co-Op
Hatred 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.0M before Steam's cut	$5.99	30k reviews Very Positive	GoreViolent
POSTAL 1997	Est. copies ≈ 916k–1.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	14k reviews Very Positive	HorrorVillain Protagonist
Keyboard Warrior: Dreamstate 2022	Est. copies ≈ 347–564 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $667–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$6.99	14 reviews Positive	Action RoguelikeArtificial Intelligence
LUMbA: REDUX 2022	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $817–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	24 reviews Positive	Bullet HellShoot 'Em Up
An Agonized Mind 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before Steam's cut	$1.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Horror Survival Horror
Pillars of Sorrow 2022	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $205–$549 after Steam's cut $372–$845 before Steam's cut	$4.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Psychological HorrorAtmospheric