How much revenue did Niktophobia make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Niktophobia sell?

Q: How many copies did Niktophobia sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 73 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut; from 73 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 Niktophobia and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Niktophobia's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–52k

best case 4.9M (Alien: Isolation)

Games like Niktophobia

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–52k copies

≈ $35k–$214k after Steam's cut

from ~214 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Alien: Isolation at ≈ 3.8M–6.1M copies, ≈ $41.3M–$110.9M 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 170 reviews in their first month; the range was 41 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (7 of 8) and VR (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Aliens + Atmospheric + Stealth; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, and none of them 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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Among Us 3D: VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $189k–$509k after Steam's cut $344k–$783k before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	VRMultiplayer
Wandering in Space VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$90k before Steam's cut	$14.99	214 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessGore
Ghostship Aftermath 2014	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $17k–$45k after Steam's cut $30k–$69k before Steam's cut	$9.99	108 reviews Mostly Negative	IndieHorror
Alien: Isolation 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.1M 313x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.3M–$110.9M after Steam's cut $75.0M–$170.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	67k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
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The Persistence 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $34k–$91k after Steam's cut $61k–$140k before Steam's cut	$29.99	165 reviews Mixed	Horror FPS