How much revenue did DON'T SCREAM make?

$266k–$714k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DON'T SCREAM sell?

Q: How many copies did DON'T SCREAM sell?

121k to 196k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 121k–196k; $266k–$714k after Steam's cut $483k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 DON'T SCREAM and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DON'T SCREAM's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 193k–1.2M

best case 4.4M (Five Nights at Freddy's)

Games like DON'T SCREAM

A typical game among these

≈ 193k–1.2M copies

≈ $3.2M–$6.2M after Steam's cut

from ~9k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Five Nights at Freddy's at ≈ 3.3M–5.4M copies, ≈ $4.6M–$12.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (8 of 8) and First-Person (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2025, 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).

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Slender: The Arrival 2013	Est. copies ≈ 592k–962k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 134k–218k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	VRHorror
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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin 2009	Est. copies ≈ 602k–979k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Horror FPS
Five Nights at Freddy's 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.4M 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.3M after Steam's cut $8.3M–$18.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	59k reviews Very Positive	HorrorSingleplayer
F.E.A.R. 2010	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	20k reviews Very Positive	Horror FPS
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