How much revenue did Alone in the Dark (2008) make?

$262k–$703k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Alone in the Dark (2008) sell?

Q: How many copies did Alone in the Dark (2008) sell?

95k to 155k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 95k–155k; $262k–$703k after Steam's cut $476k–$1.1M before the cut; from 2k reviews (Mixed)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Alone in the Dark (2008) out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Alone in the Dark (2008)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11.7M–25.0M

best case 27.2M (The Forest)

Games like Alone in the Dark (2008)

The middle of these games

≈ 11.7M–25.0M copies

≈ $135.3M–$282.1M after Steam's cut

from ~424k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: The Forest at ≈ 20.7M–33.6M copies, ≈ $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 42k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 14k to 178k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (7 of 8) and Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 61 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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Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.2M–39.2M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $166.0M–$446.3M after Steam's cut $301.8M–$686.6M before the cut	$24.99	495k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
Resident Evil Village 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M too small to compare SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.9M–$112.7M after Steam's cut $76.2M–$173.4M before the cut	$39.99	154k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Survival Horror Horror
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.5M–18.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.2M–$256.0M after Steam's cut $173.1M–$393.9M before the cut	$29.99	380k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
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Sons Of The Forest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.9M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $65.4M–$175.8M after Steam's cut $118.9M–$270.4M before the cut	$29.99	320k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
DayZ 2018	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $195.8M–$526.4M after Steam's cut $356.0M–$809.9M before the cut	$49.99	469k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.7M–33.6M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut $206.9M–$470.7M before the cut	$19.99	681k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
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