How much revenue did Sherlock Holmes The Awakened make?

$823k–$2.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sherlock Holmes The Awakened sell?

Q: How many copies did Sherlock Holmes The Awakened sell?

75k to 122k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 75k–122k; $823k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Very 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 Sherlock Holmes The Awakened and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sherlock Holmes The Awakened's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 43k–317k

best case 557k (Call of Cthulhu®)

Games like Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

A typical game among these

≈ 43k–317k copies

≈ $294k–$3.2M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Call of Cthulhu® at ≈ 424k–690k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Detective (6 of 8) and Lovecraftian (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Lovecraftian + Horror, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2021, 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
Call of Cthulhu® 2018	Est. copies ≈ 424k–690k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	LovecraftianHorror
The Chrono Jotter 2021	Est. copies ≈ 57k–92k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $186k–$501k after Steam's cut $339k–$771k before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelIndie
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2014	Est. copies ≈ 503k–818k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	MysteryAtmospheric
The Sinking City Remastered 2021	Est. copies ≈ 143k–232k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	LovecraftianThird-Person Shooter
Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder 2014	Est. copies ≈ 36k–58k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $78k–$211k after Steam's cut $143k–$324k before Steam's cut	$7.99	637 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureHorror
The Darkside Detective 2017	Est. copies ≈ 181k–294k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $746k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickDetective
Black Mirror 2017	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $205k–$551k after Steam's cut $373k–$848k before Steam's cut	$29.99	723 reviews Mixed	AdventureViolent
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2017	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $53k–$142k after Steam's cut $96k–$218k before Steam's cut	$8.99	619 reviews Very Positive	FMVLovecraftian