How much revenue did ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY make?

$72k–$192k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY sell?

Q: How many copies did ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY sell?

14k to 23k copies, based on its 583 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–23k; $72k–$192k after Steam's cut $130k–$296k before Steam's cut; from 583 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 ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–6.4M

best case 23.2M (Half-Life 2)

Games like ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY

A typical game among these

≈ 1.7M–6.4M copies

≈ $20.7M–$55.8M after Steam's cut

from ~48k 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: Half-Life 2 at ≈ 17.7M–28.8M copies, ≈ $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (5 of 8) and Survival Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Sci-fi, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2004 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 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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SUPERHOT 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.7M–$31.4M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
Atomic Heart 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $22.9M–$61.6M after Steam's cut $41.7M–$94.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	56k reviews Very Positive	Sexual ContentFPS
Half-Life 2 2004	Est. copies ≈ 17.7M–28.8M 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $48.6M–$130.7M after Steam's cut $88.4M–$201.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	280k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.1M–$64.9M after Steam's cut $43.9M–$99.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	128k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Resident Evil 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.9M–$26.5M after Steam's cut $17.9M–$40.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	37k reviews Very Positive	Survival HorrorZombies
Resident Evil 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.5M 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $70.9M–$190.7M after Steam's cut $129.0M–$293.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	224k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
BONEWORKS 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut $15.8M–$35.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	36k reviews Very Positive	VRPhysics
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