How much revenue did Gone Home make?

$4.8M–$12.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gone Home sell?

Q: How many copies did Gone Home sell?

1.2M to 1.9M copies, based on its 18k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.2M–1.9M; $4.8M–$12.9M after Steam's cut $8.7M–$19.9M before Steam's cut; from 18k reviews (Mostly 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 Gone Home and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gone Home's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.9M–4.8M

best case 11.3M (Life is Strange - Episode 1)

Games like Gone Home

A typical game among these

≈ 2.9M–4.8M copies

≈ $19.2M–$34.0M after Steam's cut

from ~53k 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: Life is Strange - Episode 1 at ≈ 8.6M–14.0M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (7 of 8) and First-Person (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Choices Matter. The breakout hits carry Choices Matter + Female Protagonist + Time Travel; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2017. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 43 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8.6M–14.0M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	176k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichChoices Matter
INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.8M–$58.7M after Steam's cut $39.7M–$90.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2.5DPuzzle-Platformer
To the Moon 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.0M–$40.4M after Steam's cut $27.3M–$62.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	87k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichGreat Soundtrack
A Story About My Uncle 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $6.8M–$18.2M after Steam's cut $12.3M–$27.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	29k reviews Very Positive	AdventureFirst-Person
Firewatch 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.9M–$61.5M after Steam's cut $41.6M–$94.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	100k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAtmospheric
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.8M–$28.9M after Steam's cut $19.6M–$44.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	41k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAtmospheric
What Remains of Edith Finch 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $10.1M–$27.2M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$41.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichAtmospheric
The Stanley Parable 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	46k reviews Very Positive	ComedyNarration