How much revenue did Sclera make?

$382–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sclera sell?

Q: How many copies did Sclera sell?

174 to 282 copies, based on its 7 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174–282; $382–$1k after Steam's cut $695–$2k before Steam's cut; from 7 reviews (7 user reviews); Only 7 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Sclera and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sclera's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 13k–355k

best case 8.9M (Darkest Dungeon®)

Games like Sclera

A typical game among these

≈ 13k–355k copies

≈ $84k–$10.6M after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: Darkest Dungeon® at ≈ 6.8M–11.0M copies, ≈ $46.5M–$125.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 159 reviews in their first month; the range was 45 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Lovecraftian (6 of 8) and Dungeon Crawler (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Dark Fantasy, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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
Darkest Dungeon® 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6.8M–11.0M 110x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.5M–$125.1M after Steam's cut $84.6M–$192.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	163k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based CombatDark Fantasy
Darkest Dungeon® II 2023	Est. copies ≈ 671k–1.1M 18x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	27k reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based Tactics Dungeon Crawler
Fhtagn Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $31k–$84k after Steam's cut $57k–$129k before Steam's cut	$7.99	572 reviews Very Positive	Deckbuilding Roguelike Deckbuilder
Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager 2021	Est. copies ≈ 136k–222k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $750k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	Pixel GraphicsTurn-Based Combat
Legend of Keepers: Prologue 2019	Est. copies ≈ 69k–111k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based CombatDungeon Crawler
Alder's Blood: Prologue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	146 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGStrategy
Stirring Abyss 2020	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $76k–$204k after Steam's cut $138k–$314k before Steam's cut	$24.99	445 reviews Very Positive	LovecraftianUnderwater
Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $35k–$95k after Steam's cut $64k–$147k before Steam's cut	$19.99	260 reviews Mixed	RPGTurn-Based Tactics