How much revenue did Subway Midnight make?

$91k–$243k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Subway Midnight sell?

Q: How many copies did Subway Midnight sell?

33k to 54k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 33k–54k; $91k–$243k after Steam's cut $165k–$375k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Subway Midnight and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Subway Midnight's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 238k–926k

best case 1.9M (NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD)

Games like Subway Midnight

A typical game among these

≈ 238k–926k copies

≈ $1.7M–$4.8M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD at ≈ 1.4M–2.4M copies, ≈ $6.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 358 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Psychological Horror (7 of 8) and Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Anime, priced around $16.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2022, 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Thumper 2016	Est. copies ≈ 184k–299k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	RhythmIndie
Rusty Lake Paradise 2018	Est. copies ≈ 233k–379k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $256k–$687k after Steam's cut $465k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$3.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePoint & Click
Layers of Fear (2016) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 3.2x vs typical 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
DARQ: Complete Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k 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
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.4M 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.3M before Steam's cut	$15.99	58k reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorAnime
Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk 2021	Est. copies ≈ 556k–903k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$8.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Visual Novel
Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 275k–447k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$16.99	10k reviews Very Positive	PuzzlePixel Graphics
In Sound Mind 2021	Est. copies ≈ 174k–283k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror