How much revenue did Zombie Within make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zombie Within sell?

Q: How many copies did Zombie Within sell?

868 to 1k copies, based on its 35 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 868–1k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut; from 35 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 Zombie Within and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zombie Within's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 26k–1.1M

best case 29.9M (Among Us)

Games like Zombie Within

A typical game among these

≈ 26k–1.1M copies

≈ $45k–$311k 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.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Among Us at ≈ 22.8M–37.0M copies, ≈ $31.3M–$84.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 240 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Social Deduction (7 of 8) and Party Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Social Deduction + Space, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 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
Among Us 3D: VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $189k–$509k after Steam's cut $344k–$783k before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	VRMultiplayer
Among Us 2018	Est. copies ≈ 22.8M–37.0M 478x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $31.3M–$84.0M after Steam's cut $56.8M–$129.3M before Steam's cut	$4.99	749k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerSocial Deduction
Deducto 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$81k before Steam's cut	$4.99	576 reviews Very Positive	Social DeductionMultiplayer
West Hunt 2023	Est. copies ≈ 54k–87k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $147k–$396k after Steam's cut $268k–$610k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Social DeductionParty Game
The Matriarch 2022	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $54k–$122k before Steam's cut	$4.99	866 reviews Mostly Positive	MultiplayerParty Game
Deceit 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M 59x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	92k reviews Mostly Positive	PvPMultiplayer
Hidden in Plain Sight 2014	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $90k–$241k after Steam's cut $163k–$370k before Steam's cut	$5.99	971 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Local Multiplayer4 Player Local
Bitten! Someone has to be a villain 2021	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $204–$548 after Steam's cut $371–$843 before Steam's cut	$2.99	10 reviews Mixed	Party GameMultiplayer