How much revenue did XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX sell?

Q: How many copies did XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 148 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut; from 148 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 XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.1M–4.8M

best case 4.8M (Inscryption)

Games like XXX_CYBERRAT_XXX

A typical game among these

≈ 4.1M–4.8M copies

≈ $8.0M–$38.1M after Steam's cut

from ~92k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Horror (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Inscryption at ≈ 3.7M–6.0M copies, ≈ $20.3M–$54.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 16k reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 20k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (4 of 8) and Dark (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Battler + Card Game, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, 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).

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Soundpad 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	105k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	UtilitiesAudio Production
Buckshot Roulette 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$2.99	127k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MultiplayerDark
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.7M–$58.5M after Steam's cut $39.5M–$90.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	77k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericPsychological
Inscryption 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.3M–$54.6M after Steam's cut $36.9M–$84.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	149k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card BattlerCard Game
Deceit 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	92k reviews Mostly Positive	PvPMultiplayer
Cry of Fear 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–9.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	88k reviews Very Positive	HorrorFree to Play
Spec Ops: The Line 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	56k reviews Very Positive	Story RichThird-Person Shooter
Low Story 2021	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $613–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$8.99	10 reviews Positive	ActionAdventure