How much revenue did Deadlight make?

$3.3M–$9.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Deadlight sell?

Q: How many copies did Deadlight sell?

808k to 1.3M copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 808k–1.3M; $3.3M–$9.0M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.8M before Steam's cut; from 13k reviews (Mostly 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 Deadlight and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deadlight's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–127k

best case 520k (The Final Station)

Games like Deadlight

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–127k copies

≈ $46k–$394k after Steam's cut

from ~634 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Final Station at ≈ 396k–643k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 54 reviews in their first month; the range was 30 to 388.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (6 of 8) and Post-apocalyptic (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Post-apocalyptic + Survival, priced around $15.
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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Final Station 2016	Est. copies ≈ 396k–643k 15x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsPost-apocalyptic
I Am Alive 2012	Est. copies ≈ 182k–295k 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mixed	SurvivalPost-apocalyptic
Bubsy Two-Fur 2015	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $173k–$466k after Steam's cut $315k–$717k before Steam's cut	$24.99	517 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure
Deadlight: Director's Cut 2016	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $227k–$610k after Steam's cut $412k–$938k before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionZombies
The Underground Man 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$7k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$2.49	144 reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsPost-apocalyptic
Mayhem in Single Valley: Confessions 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	90 reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Dark Light 2022	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $87k–$234k after Steam's cut $158k–$360k before Steam's cut	$16.99	751 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionMetroidvania
Adrenaline Rampage 2025	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before Steam's cut	$14.99	40 reviews Positive	Early AccessRPG