How many copies did Deceit 2 sell?

171k to 277k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Deceit 2 make?

Deceit 2 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Deceit 2?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 171k–277k; from 7k 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 Deceit 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deceit 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–147k

best case 4.2M (Deceit)

Games like Deceit 2

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–147k copies

≈ $8k–$158k after Steam's cut

from ~921 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: Deceit at ≈ 3.2M–5.1M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 105 reviews in their first month; the range was 16 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (8 of 8) and Social Deduction (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Social Deduction.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 43 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Deceit 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M 100x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	92k reviews Mostly Positive	PvPMultiplayer
In Silence 2021	Est. copies ≈ 296k–482k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $815k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	12k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Sinister Night 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before Steam's cut	$9.99	172 reviews Mixed	HorrorMultiplayer
DON'T GET GOT 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut	$4.99	56 reviews Mixed	Early AccessHorror
Sinister Night 2 2025	Est. copies ≈ 50k–81k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $138k–$370k after Steam's cut $250k–$569k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessMultiplayer
MACE: Mapinguari's Temple 2022	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $646–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	19 reviews Positive	Social DeductionMultiplayer
BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION 2025	Est. copies ≈ 41k–67k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $34k–$92k after Steam's cut $62k–$141k before Steam's cut	$2.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessPvP
DreadHaunt 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k 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