How much revenue did DEATHWATCH make?

$6k–$17k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DEATHWATCH sell?

Q: How many copies did DEATHWATCH sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 130 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$26k before the cut; from 130 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left DEATHWATCH out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DEATHWATCH's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.8M–5.1M

best case 27.3M (Phasmophobia)

Games like DEATHWATCH

The middle of these games

≈ 1.8M–5.1M copies

≈ $7.0M–$30.3M after Steam's cut

from ~60k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.8M–33.8M copies, ≈ $114.4M–$307.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 13k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2k to 55k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (7 of 8) and Psychological Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2024, and 1 of your 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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Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.8M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.4M–$307.5M after Steam's cut $207.9M–$473.1M before the cut	$19.99	839k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Pacify 2019	Est. copies ≈ 0 too small to compare SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $0 after Steam's cut $0 before the cut	$4.99	0 reviews No user reviews	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Alan Wake 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.5M–$41.7M after Steam's cut $28.2M–$64.2M before the cut	$14.99	60k reviews Very Positive	ActionHorror
Content Warning 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $8.9M–$23.9M after Steam's cut $16.2M–$36.8M before the cut	$7.99	163k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpHorror
Firework 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.5M before the cut	$9.99	44k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorIndie
Five Nights at Freddy's 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.2M after Steam's cut $8.3M–$18.8M before the cut	$4.99	59k reviews Very Positive	HorrorSingleplayer
CONTROL Ultimate Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.3M–$46.6M after Steam's cut $31.5M–$71.8M before the cut	$39.99	64k reviews Very Positive	ActionSupernatural
Lunch Lady 2021	Est. copies ≈ 322k–523k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $442k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $804k–$1.8M before the cut	$4.99	13k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op