How much revenue did Death Below make?

$6k–$15k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Death Below sell?

Q: How many copies did Death Below sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 82 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut; from 82 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 Death Below and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Death Below's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.7M–7.2M

best case 88.0M (Left 4 Dead 2)

Games like Death Below

A typical game among these

≈ 5.7M–7.2M copies

≈ $47.4M–$82.9M after Steam's cut

from ~110k 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: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 67.0M–108.9M copies, ≈ $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Zombies (8 of 8) and Horror (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Shooter + Co-op + FPS; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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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The Last of Us™ Part I 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $45.1M–$121.3M after Steam's cut $82.0M–$186.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	110k reviews Very Positive	Story RichPost-apocalyptic
Resident Evil 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.5M 2.0x 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
No More Room in Hell 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	77k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayZombies
Killing Floor 2009	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.0M–$64.4M after Steam's cut $43.6M–$99.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	69k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSZombies
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.1M–$64.9M after Steam's cut $43.9M–$99.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	128k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Left 4 Dead 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 67.0M–108.9M 9.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut $334.7M–$761.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.1M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
Resident Evil 4 (2005) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–9.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.4M–$81.7M after Steam's cut $55.2M–$125.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	99k reviews Very Positive	Inventory ManagementSurvival Horror
Killing Floor 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $44.4M–$119.4M after Steam's cut $80.8M–$183.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	129k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesMultiplayer