How much revenue did Sinister Night make?

$12k–$32k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sinister Night sell?

Q: How many copies did Sinister Night sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 172 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before Steam's cut; from 172 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 Sinister Night and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sinister Night's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.0M–15.9M

best case 27.4M (Phasmophobia)

Games like Sinister Night

A typical game among these

≈ 3.0M–15.9M copies

≈ $5.8M–$110.0M after Steam's cut

from ~59k reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.9M–33.9M copies, ≈ $114.8M–$308.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 34 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 40k.

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 (7 of 8) and Psychological Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 2 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 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
DON'T GET GOT 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut	$4.99	56 reviews Mixed	Early AccessHorror
Five Nights at Freddy's 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.3M after Steam's cut $8.3M–$18.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	59k reviews Very Positive	HorrorSingleplayer
Hunt: The Unknown Quarry 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	59 reviews Mixed	HorrorInvestigation
MACE: Mapinguari's Temple 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $646–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	19 reviews Positive	Social DeductionMultiplayer
Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20.9M–33.9M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.8M–$308.5M after Steam's cut $208.6M–$474.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	842k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Pacify 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before Steam's cut	$4.99	43k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
DreadHaunt 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut	$19.99	53 reviews Mixed	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Coveneth 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34–$91 after Steam's cut $62–$140 before Steam's cut	$4.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Early AccessAction