How much revenue did Schism make?

$14k–$37k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Schism sell?

Q: How many copies did Schism sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 168 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before Steam's cut; from 168 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 Schism and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Schism's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–100k

best case 950k (20 Minutes Till Dawn)

Games like Schism

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–100k copies

≈ $32k–$769k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: 20 Minutes Till Dawn at ≈ 724k–1.2M copies, ≈ $993k–$2.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 169 reviews in their first month; the range was 36 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-lite (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 3 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 38 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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NIMRODS 2024	Est. copies ≈ 46k–74k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $126k–$337k after Steam's cut $228k–$519k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early Access2D
Atomicrops 2020	Est. copies ≈ 158k–256k 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $649k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 724k–1.2M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $993k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Battle Grid 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before Steam's cut	$5.99	230 reviews Very Positive	MechsBullet Hell
MOTHERGUNSHIP 2018	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $340k–$913k after Steam's cut $618k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeFPS
GUNFIELD 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut	$4.99	269 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikePixel Graphics
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