How much revenue did Primordial Pain make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Primordial Pain sell?

Q: How many copies did Primordial Pain sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 41 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 41 reviews (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 Primordial Pain and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Primordial Pain's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–11k

best case 294k (AMID EVIL)

Games like Primordial Pain

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–11k copies

≈ $6k–$12k after Steam's cut

from ~97 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: AMID EVIL at ≈ 224k–363k copies, ≈ $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 49 reviews in their first month; the range was 22 to 79.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arena Shooter (7 of 8) and FPS (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Old School + Boomer Shooter, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Old School + Boomer Shooter + Sci-fi; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 3 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 70 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
AMID EVIL 2019	Est. copies ≈ 224k–363k 80x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Old SchoolBoomer Shooter
IKEA VR Pancake Kitchen 2017	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	370 reviews Mostly Positive	HentaiPsychedelic
Finnish Cabin Mayhem - Mökkimähinä 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$4.99	154 reviews Very Positive	ActionCasual
ONE DAY for Ched 2014	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$61k before Steam's cut	$2.99	320 reviews Mixed	ActionFPS
Spaceflux 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$4.99	90 reviews Mixed	Early AccessFPS
Animalistic 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$4.99	65 reviews Very Positive	FPSArena Shooter
Nix Umbra 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$9.99	97 reviews Very Positive	HorrorIndie
Minigame Game 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	45 reviews Positive	MultiplayerMinigames