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How many copies did Holidays in Khrushchevsk sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 3k–5k
$6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut
from 118 reviews (Mixed)

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 Holidays in Khrushchevsk and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Holidays in Khrushchevsk's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 815k–3.1M
best case 9.1M (Resident Evil 4)
Games like Holidays in Khrushchevsk

A typical game among these

≈ 815k–3.1M copies

≈ $12.6M–$43.4M after Steam's cut

from ~30k 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: Resident Evil 4 at ≈ 7.0M–11.3M copies, ≈ $76.4M–$205.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 18k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 68k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Horror (8 of 8) and Story Rich (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 1 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Resident Evil 4
2023
Est. copies
≈ 7.0M–11.3M
9.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$76.4M–$205.5M after Steam's cut $139.0M–$316.2M before Steam's cut
$39.99
280k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
HorrorAction
The Evil Within
2014
Est. copies
≈ 1.9M–3.1M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $18.9M–$43.0M before Steam's cut
$19.99
34k reviews
Very Positive
Alan Wake
2012
Est. copies
≈ 3.8M–6.2M
2.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$15.7M–$42.1M after Steam's cut $28.5M–$64.7M before Steam's cut
$14.99
60k reviews
Very Positive
ActionHorror
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
2019
Est. copies
≈ 402k–654k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut
$19.99
14k reviews
Mostly Positive
Choices MatterCo-op
SILENT HILL 2
2024
Est. copies
≈ 1.6M–2.7M
2.2x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$31.4M–$84.4M after Steam's cut $57.1M–$129.8M before Steam's cut
$69.99
66k reviews
Very Positive
Demonologist
2023
Est. copies
≈ 602k–978k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.7M before Steam's cut
$19.99
24k reviews
Very Positive
HorrorMultiplayer
The Quarry
2022
Est. copies
≈ 627k–1.0M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$49.9M before Steam's cut
$69.99
25k reviews
Very Positive
Choices MatterMultiple Endings
Dark Deception
2018
Est. copies
≈ 741k–1.2M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
24k reviews
Very Positive
HorrorFree to Play

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