How much revenue did Pieces of me make?

$39k–$105k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pieces of me sell?

Q: How many copies did Pieces of me sell?

16k to 26k copies, based on its 634 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 16k–26k; $39k–$105k after Steam's cut $71k–$161k before Steam's cut; from 634 reviews (Very 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 Pieces of me and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pieces of me's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 72k–215k

best case 534k (Detention)

Games like Pieces of me

A typical game among these

≈ 72k–215k copies

≈ $383k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Detention at ≈ 407k–661k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 616 reviews in their first month; the range was 289 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (5 of 8) and Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $12.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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Detention 2017	Est. copies ≈ 407k–661k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$11.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorIndie
Adios 2021	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $166k–$447k after Steam's cut $302k–$688k before Steam's cut	$17.99	1k reviews Very Positive	MysteryThriller
NO STRANGERS 2024	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $44k–$118k after Steam's cut $80k–$182k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	CasualPsychological
The Suicide of Rachel Foster 2020	Est. copies ≈ 172k–279k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $849k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	7k reviews Mixed	Walking SimulatorMystery
SIMULACRA 2017	Est. copies ≈ 161k–262k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $221k–$595k after Steam's cut $402k–$915k before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Very Positive	HorrorDetective
GET EVEN 2017	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $514k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $934k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionPsychological Horror
Martha Is Dead 2022	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $809k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Psychological Horror Story Rich
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow 2022	Est. copies ≈ 83k–134k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $341k–$916k after Steam's cut $619k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickAdventure