How much revenue did Ocean Pressure make?

$591–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ocean Pressure sell?

Q: How many copies did Ocean Pressure sell?

719 to 1k copies, based on its 29 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 719–1k; $591–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut; from 29 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 Ocean Pressure and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ocean Pressure's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 150k–298k

best case 367k (Iron Lung)

Games like Ocean Pressure

A typical game among these

≈ 150k–298k copies

≈ $977k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Iron Lung at ≈ 280k–455k copies, ≈ $615k–$1.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 34 reviews in their first month; the range was 11 to 677.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Underwater (7 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $8.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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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Biolum 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$3.99	124 reviews Very Positive	HorrorSci-fi
SEARCH ALL - SEASHELLS 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$2.99	50 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTrading Card Game
We Need To Go Deeper 2019	Est. copies ≈ 174k–283k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $766k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$15.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Co-op2D
Iron Lung 2022	Est. copies ≈ 280k–455k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $615k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$7.99	11k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
Depths of Sanity 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $17k–$40k before Steam's cut	$14.99	94 reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaUnderwater
Under The Waves 2023	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $444k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $808k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureUnderwater
Sub Command 2006	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before Steam's cut	$9.99	146 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation
subROV : Underwater Discoveries 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut	$19.99	68 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessUnderwater