How much revenue did Sorry We're Open make?

$8k–$22k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sorry We're Open sell?

Q: How many copies did Sorry We're Open sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 150 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$34k before Steam's cut; from 150 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 Sorry We're Open and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sorry We're Open's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.3M–16.6M

best case 27.3M (The Forest)

Games like Sorry We're Open

A typical game among these

≈ 5.3M–16.6M copies

≈ $56.7M–$218.8M after Steam's cut

from ~227k 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 Forest at ≈ 20.8M–33.7M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 72k reviews in their first month; the range was 49k to 327k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (6 of 8) and Open World (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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SCP: Secret Laboratory 2017	Est. copies ≈ 8.1M–13.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	235k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $90.1M–$242.1M after Steam's cut $163.7M–$372.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	220k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldCo-op
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $38.0M–$102.2M after Steam's cut $69.1M–$157.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	139k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorTeam-Based
The Long Dark 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–6.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.4M–$63.0M after Steam's cut $42.6M–$97.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	124k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World Survival Craft
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Prey 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.5M–$41.8M after Steam's cut $28.2M–$64.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	55k reviews Very Positive	Sci-fiImmersive Sim
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.2M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $123.1M–$331.0M after Steam's cut $223.8M–$509.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	401k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.2M–39.3M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $166.4M–$447.4M after Steam's cut $302.5M–$688.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	496k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror