How much revenue did DEATH NOTE Killer Within make?

$187k–$503k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DEATH NOTE Killer Within sell?

Q: How many copies did DEATH NOTE Killer Within sell?

68k to 111k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 68k–111k; $187k–$503k after Steam's cut $340k–$773k before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 DEATH NOTE Killer Within and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DEATH NOTE Killer Within's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–14k

best case 29.9M (Among Us)

Games like DEATH NOTE Killer Within

A typical game among these

≈ 6k–14k copies

≈ $11k–$36k after Steam's cut

from ~210 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: Among Us at ≈ 22.8M–37.0M copies, ≈ $31.3M–$84.0M 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 130 reviews in their first month; the range was 31 to 329.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Social Deduction (5 of 8) and Survival (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Social Deduction + Space, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Space + Psychological + Online Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 38 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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Among Us 2018	Est. copies ≈ 22.8M–37.0M 3567x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $31.3M–$84.0M after Steam's cut $56.8M–$129.3M before Steam's cut	$4.99	749k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerSocial Deduction
Hodgepodge Hunch 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$4.99	159 reviews Very Positive	Social DeductionMultiplayer
Ru Lin Wai Shi Fan Jin 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut	$5.99	148 reviews Very Positive	RPGVisual Novel
CRIMESIGHT 2022	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	689 reviews Mixed	MultiplayerSocial Deduction
Word Factori 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$81k before Steam's cut	$5.99	480 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleProgramming
Castle of Blackwater 2025	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	180 reviews Very Positive	Real Time TacticsSocial Deduction
MISTERY 2025	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $31k–$84k after Steam's cut $57k–$129k before Steam's cut	$11.99	382 reviews Mixed	Co-opAction
Little Adventurer Treasure Hunt 2025	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$24k before Steam's cut	$3.99	210 reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickHidden Object