How much revenue did Stealth Bastard Deluxe make?

$278k–$747k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stealth Bastard Deluxe sell?

Q: How many copies did Stealth Bastard Deluxe sell?

78k to 126k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 78k–126k; $278k–$747k after Steam's cut $505k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Stealth Bastard Deluxe and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stealth Bastard Deluxe's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 218k–596k

best case 5.3M (Little Nightmares)

Games like Stealth Bastard Deluxe

A typical game among these

≈ 218k–596k copies

≈ $1.6M–$3.7M after Steam's cut

from ~7k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Little Nightmares at ≈ 4.0M–6.5M copies, ≈ $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (6 of 8) and Stealth (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Puzzle-Platformer, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Horror + Atmospheric + Dark; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 1 of the 7 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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Mark of the Ninja unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 394k–640k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Stealth Platformer
Creepy Tale 2020	Est. copies ≈ 74k–120k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $101k–$273k after Steam's cut $185k–$420k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerDark
Little Nightmares 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	117k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 2024	Est. copies ≈ 515k–837k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $9.9M–$26.6M after Steam's cut $18.0M–$41.0M before Steam's cut	$69.99	21k reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventureFirst-Person
Mark of the Ninja: Remastered 2018	Est. copies ≈ 211k–343k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StealthNinja
Pid 2012	Est. copies ≈ 154k–250k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $844k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndiePuzzle-Platformer
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty 2015	Est. copies ≈ 179k–291k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $985k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer
Gunpoint 2013	Est. copies ≈ 843k–1.4M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StealthIndie