How much revenue did GOST of Time make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did GOST of Time sell?

Q: How many copies did GOST of Time sell?

769 to 1k copies, based on its 31 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 769–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 31 reviews (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 GOST of Time and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including GOST of Time's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 60k–1.6M

best case 10.7M (Hotline Miami)

Games like GOST of Time

A typical game among these

≈ 60k–1.6M copies

≈ $116k–$10.1M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Arcade (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Hotline Miami at ≈ 8.1M–13.2M copies, ≈ $22.3M–$60.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 394 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (4 of 8) and Shoot 'Em Up (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Violent + Top-Down, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2025, and 1 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 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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Hotline Miami 2012	Est. copies ≈ 8.1M–13.2M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.3M–$60.0M after Steam's cut $40.6M–$92.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	128k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackViolent
The Precinct 2025	Est. copies ≈ 232k–377k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	9k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveCrime
Tiny Rogues 2022	Est. copies ≈ 267k–435k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $735k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Cyberhunt 2017	Est. copies ≈ 100k–163k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $138k–$370k after Steam's cut $251k–$570k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.2M–$43.5M after Steam's cut $29.4M–$66.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	80k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackGore
Polygoneer 2017	Est. copies ≈ 61k–99k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $83k–$224k after Steam's cut $151k–$344k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual
WAVECADE 2022	Est. copies ≈ 893–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$7k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$9.99	36 reviews Positive	RetroBullet Time
Breakyo 2022	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $68–$183 after Steam's cut $123–$281 before Steam's cut	$1.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	ActionCasual