How much revenue did Deadly 30 make?

$144k–$388k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Deadly 30 sell?

Q: How many copies did Deadly 30 sell?

105k to 171k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 105k–171k; $144k–$388k after Steam's cut $262k–$597k before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Mostly 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 Deadly 30 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deadly 30's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 185k–5.9M

best case 9.1M (Resident Evil 4)

Games like Deadly 30

A typical game among these

≈ 185k–5.9M copies

≈ $1.7M–$28.1M after Steam's cut

from ~18k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Resident Evil 4 at ≈ 7.0M–11.3M copies, ≈ $76.4M–$205.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (8 of 8) and Survival (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, and 1 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 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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Killing Floor 2009	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.0M–$64.4M after Steam's cut $43.6M–$99.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	69k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSZombies
Resident Evil 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.3M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $76.4M–$205.5M after Steam's cut $139.0M–$316.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	280k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorAction
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster 2024	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
No More Room in Hell 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.9M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	77k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayZombies
Frozen State 2016	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $75k–$201k after Steam's cut $136k–$310k before Steam's cut	$11.99	546 reviews Mixed	SurvivalRPG
Dead Island Definitive Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.5M after Steam's cut $11.8M–$26.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	28k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesOpen World
ZOMBI 2015	Est. copies ≈ 154k–250k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $846k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mixed	ZombiesSurvival
DESOLATE 2019	Est. copies ≈ 232k–377k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $957k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Mixed	SurvivalOpen World