How much revenue did Aftertime make?

$633–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Aftertime sell?

Q: How many copies did Aftertime 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; $633–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 31 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 Aftertime and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Aftertime's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.7M–12.7M

best case 88.0M (Left 4 Dead 2)

Games like Aftertime

A typical game among these

≈ 4.7M–12.7M copies

≈ $36.7M–$268.6M after Steam's cut

from ~69k 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.

Best case: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 67.0M–108.9M copies, ≈ $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (8 of 8) and Zombies (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Co-op, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 to 2024, and 2 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Left 4 Dead 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 67.0M–108.9M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut $334.7M–$761.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.1M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III 2015	Est. copies ≈ 11.4M–18.6M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $188.7M–$507.3M after Steam's cut $343.1M–$780.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	234k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerZombies
Killing Floor 2009	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.0M–$64.4M after Steam's cut $43.6M–$99.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	69k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSZombies
Left 4 Dead 2008	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$31.9M after Steam's cut $21.5M–$49.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	68k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
Bodyrain 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	45 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionFPS
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.1M–$81.0M after Steam's cut $54.8M–$124.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	43k reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
Call of Duty: World at War 2008	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $18.6M–$49.9M after Steam's cut $33.7M–$76.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	53k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesWorld War II
VR NINJA DOJO 2024	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $245–$658 after Steam's cut $445–$1k before Steam's cut	$8.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	VRSpectacle fighter