How much revenue did Thirty Flights of Loving make?

$166k–$445k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Thirty Flights of Loving sell?

Q: How many copies did Thirty Flights of Loving sell?

121k to 196k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 121k–196k; $166k–$445k after Steam's cut $301k–$685k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Thirty Flights of Loving and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Thirty Flights of Loving's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 134k–433k

best case 1.5M (The Beginner's Guide)

Games like Thirty Flights of Loving

A typical game among these

≈ 134k–433k copies

≈ $389k–$4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: The Beginner's Guide at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 136 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (6 of 8) and Walking Simulator (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Walking Simulator, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Beginner's Guide 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	Story Rich Walking Simulator
Proteus 2013	Est. copies ≈ 177k–288k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $487k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $886k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationWalking Simulator
Dear Esther unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 152k–247k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mostly Positive	Walking SimulatorIndie
Paratopic 2018	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $92k–$247k after Steam's cut $167k–$380k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieHorror
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist 2015	Est. copies ≈ 497k–808k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayComedy
KARMA: The Dark World 2025	Est. copies ≈ 113k–184k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $779k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Walking Simulator Psychological Horror
Visage 2020	Est. copies ≈ 274k–445k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$10.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut 2020	Est. copies ≈ 62k–100k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $119k–$319k after Steam's cut $216k–$490k before Steam's cut	$6.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndieHorror