How much revenue did Materialization of memories make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Materialization of memories sell?

Q: How many copies did Materialization of memories sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 43 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut; from 43 reviews (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 Materialization of memories out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Materialization of memories's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9.2M–13.2M

best case 51.0M (Dead by Daylight)

Games like Materialization of memories

The middle of these games

≈ 9.2M–13.2M copies

≈ $64.8M–$110.7M after Steam's cut

from ~251k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Dead by Daylight at ≈ 38.8M–63.1M copies, ≈ $213.5M–$574.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 42k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 35k to 55k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (6 of 8) and Horror (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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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