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How many copies did Night At the Gates of Hell sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 22k–36k
$73k–$197k after Steam's cut $133k–$303k before Steam's cut
from 895 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 Night At the Gates of Hell and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Night At the Gates of Hell's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–5.2M
best case 8.5M (Resident Evil 2)
Games like Night At the Gates of Hell

A typical game among these

≈ 12k–5.2M copies

≈ $47k–$61.2M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Resident Evil 2 at ≈ 6.5M–10.5M copies, ≈ $70.9M–$190.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 318 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 42k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Gore (8 of 8) and Survival Horror (8 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Zombies + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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REQUISITION VR
2023
Est. copies
≈ 12k–19k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$66k–$177k after Steam's cut $119k–$272k before Steam's cut
$19.99
482 reviews
Mixed
VRAction
FOREST OF THE DEAD
2020
Est. copies
≈ 99–161
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$163–$439 after Steam's cut $297–$675 before Steam's cut
$5.99
4 reviews
4 user reviews
ActionGore
Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour
2016
Est. copies
≈ 201k–327k
1.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
5k reviews
Very Positive
Shadows of Duat
2023
Est. copies
≈ 843–1k
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut
$14.99
34 reviews
Positive
ZombiesGore
Contagion VR: Outbreak
2020
Est. copies
≈ 17k–28k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$48k–$128k after Steam's cut $86k–$197k before Steam's cut
$9.99
698 reviews
Mixed
IndieVR
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
2017
Est. copies
≈ 4.4M–7.1M
46x vs typical
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
Resident Evil 2
2019
Est. copies
≈ 6.5M–10.5M
81x 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
Resident Evil Village
2021
Est. copies
≈ 3.8M–6.2M
56x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut $76.8M–$174.6M before Steam's cut
$39.99
155k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive

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