How much revenue did Eyes: The Horror Game make?

$34k–$91k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Eyes: The Horror Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Eyes: The Horror Game sell?

25k to 40k copies, based on its 992 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25k–40k; $34k–$91k after Steam's cut $61k–$140k before Steam's cut; from 992 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 Eyes: The Horror Game and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Eyes: The Horror Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.9M–5.5M

best case 27.3M (The Forest)

Games like Eyes: The Horror Game

A typical game among these

≈ 4.9M–5.5M copies

≈ $19.8M–$41.8M after Steam's cut

from ~146k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: The Forest at ≈ 20.8M–33.7M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 55k reviews in their first month; the range was 35k to 178k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (8 of 8) and Survival Horror (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Crafting + Survival + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, and 3 of the 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 43 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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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M 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
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Escape the Backrooms 2025	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.4M–$30.6M after Steam's cut $20.7M–$47.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	167k reviews Very Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Lethal Company 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12.7M–20.6M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.8M–$93.6M after Steam's cut $63.3M–$144.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	511k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Online Co-OpHorror
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.6M–18.8M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.5M–$256.7M after Steam's cut $173.6M–$395.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	381k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
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