How much revenue did DreadHaunt make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DreadHaunt sell?

Q: How many copies did DreadHaunt sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 53 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut; from 53 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 DreadHaunt and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DreadHaunt's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 684k–4.7M

best case 51.1M (Dead by Daylight)

Games like DreadHaunt

A typical game among these

≈ 684k–4.7M copies

≈ $4.8M–$75.0M after Steam's cut

from ~32k 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: Dead by Daylight at ≈ 39.0M–63.3M copies, ≈ $214.2M–$575.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (8 of 8) and Survival Horror (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 to 2023, 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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DreadOut 2014	Est. copies ≈ 320k–520k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorIndie
Resident Evil 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.5M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $70.9M–$190.7M after Steam's cut $129.0M–$293.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	224k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2023	Est. copies ≈ 588k–956k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	24k reviews Mixed	HorrorMultiplayer
Dead Space (2008) 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.3M after Steam's cut $18.5M–$42.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	29k reviews Very Positive	HorrorSci-fi
Silent Hill Homecoming 2008	Est. copies ≈ 254k–413k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.5M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	4k reviews Mixed	HorrorAdventure
Dead by Daylight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 39.0M–63.3M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $214.2M–$575.9M after Steam's cut $389.4M–$886.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	937k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Friday the 13th: The Game 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	77k reviews Very Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
The Evil Within 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $18.9M–$43.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	34k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror