How much revenue did Subside make?

$91k–$244k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Subside sell?

Q: How many copies did Subside sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 532 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $91k–$244k after Steam's cut $165k–$375k before Steam's cut; from 532 reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Subside and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Subside's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–63k

best case 714k (WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship)

Games like Subside

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–63k copies

≈ $93k–$298k after Steam's cut

from ~765 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship at ≈ 544k–884k copies, ≈ $3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and VR (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Racing + Automobile Sim + Offroad; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2022, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship 2017	Est. copies ≈ 544k–884k 21x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
The Falconeer: Revolution Remaster 2020	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $85k–$230k after Steam's cut $155k–$354k before Steam's cut	$19.99	627 reviews Mostly Positive	CombatOpen World
IronWolf VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 29k–48k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $162k–$435k after Steam's cut $294k–$669k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Co-opSubmarine
FREEDIVER: Triton Down 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $24k–$65k after Steam's cut $44k–$100k before Steam's cut	$8.99	340 reviews Very Positive	VRAdventure
Titanic VR 2018	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $50k–$136k after Steam's cut $92k–$209k before Steam's cut	$19.99	302 reviews Very Positive	SimulationAction
theBlu 2016	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	VRSimulation
World of Diving 2014	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	765 reviews Mixed	SimulationAdventure
Wolfpack 2019	Est. copies ≈ 61k–98k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $583k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$34.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationNaval Combat