How many copies did Depression Quest sell?

221k to 359k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Depression Quest make?

Depression Quest is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Depression Quest?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 221k–359k; from 4k 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 Depression Quest and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Depression Quest's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–2.1M

best case 4.2M (Helltaker)

Games like Depression Quest

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–2.1M copies

≈ $14.7M–$19.2M after Steam's cut

from ~29k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Story Rich (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Helltaker at ≈ 3.2M–5.2M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (4 of 8) and Choices Matter (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Demons + Puzzle. The breakout hits carry Demons + Anime + Sexual Content; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2020, 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 70 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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Emily is Away 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	32k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayStory Rich
The Plan 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	24k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayIndie
Helltaker 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	128k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayCute
SUPERHOT 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.7M–$31.4M after Steam's cut $21.2M–$48.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	41k reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
A Story About My Uncle 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $6.8M–$18.2M after Steam's cut $12.3M–$27.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	29k reviews Very Positive	AdventureFirst-Person
Grimm's Hollow 2019	Est. copies ≈ 421k–684k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayPixel Graphics
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit 2018	Est. copies ≈ 460k–747k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	15k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayStory Rich
We Were Here 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	33k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCo-op