How much revenue did In The Backrooms make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did In The Backrooms sell?

Q: How many copies did In The Backrooms sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 160 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut; from 160 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 29k–97k

best case 27.3M (Phasmophobia)

Games like In The Backrooms

The middle of these games

≈ 29k–97k copies

≈ $100k–$542k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.8M–33.8M copies, ≈ $114.4M–$307.5M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 450 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 116 to 40k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (8 of 8) and Supernatural (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Online Co-Op + Multiplayer + Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 3 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 70 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 735x 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
DreadOut 2014	Est. copies ≈ 320k–520k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorIndie
iBLiS 2021	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $54k–$145k after Steam's cut $98k–$223k before the cut	$9.99	790 reviews Mixed	Psychological Horror Horror
[Chilla's Art] Shinkansen 0 \| 新幹線 0号 2024	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $54k–$146k after Steam's cut $99k–$225k before the cut	$6.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation 2022	Est. copies ≈ 94k–152k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $515k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $936k–$2.1M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	HorrorFirst-Person
Dollmare 2024	Est. copies ≈ 53k–87k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $73k–$197k after Steam's cut $133k–$303k before the cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Horror
Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I. 2023	Est. copies ≈ 24k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $67k–$181k after Steam's cut $122k–$278k before the cut	$9.99	986 reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorSupernatural
CROWDED. FOLLOWED. 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$36k after Steam's cut $24k–$55k before the cut	$5.99	325 reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror