How much revenue did Afterslave make?

$14–$36 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Afterslave sell?

Q: How many copies did Afterslave sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before Steam's cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Only 2 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Afterslave and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Afterslave's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 562–10k

best case 137k (HENPRI)

Games like Afterslave

A typical game among these

≈ 562–10k copies

≈ $2k–$6k after Steam's cut

from ~38 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: HENPRI at ≈ 105k–170k copies, ≈ $719k–$1.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 1k reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Visual Novel (7 of 8) and Dystopian (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dark Humor + Visual Novel, priced around $25.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 61 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
HENPRI 2025	Est. copies ≈ 105k–170k 112x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $719k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Dark HumorVisual Novel
Major\Minor 2015	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	426 reviews Mostly Positive	Visual NovelCrime
Keylogger: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel 2023	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	9 reviews 9 user reviews	Early AccessCasual
Mysteries of Perception 2025	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$8.99	29 reviews Positive	DetectiveMystery
IZGUB 2001 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$3.99	127 reviews Very Positive	AdventureRPG
Dorasyeoda 2023	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut	$9.99	20 reviews Mixed	Early AccessDystopian
The Reluctant Redemption of Verity Lux 2024	Est. copies ≈ 174–282 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $956–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$19.99	7 reviews 7 user reviews	Visual NovelCrime
仿生羊游戏 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $624–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$1.99	46 reviews Positive	IndieRPG