How much revenue did Quod: Episode 1 make?

$8k–$21k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Quod: Episode 1 sell?

Q: How many copies did Quod: Episode 1 sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 161 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before Steam's cut; from 161 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 Quod: Episode 1 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Quod: Episode 1's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–2.6M

best case 2.4M (What Remains of Edith Finch)

Games like Quod: Episode 1

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–2.6M copies

≈ $11.3M–$24.2M after Steam's cut

from ~34k 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.

Best case: What Remains of Edith Finch at ≈ 1.8M–3.0M copies, ≈ $10.1M–$27.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (5 of 8) and Story Rich (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Walking Simulator, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 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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SOMA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.4M after Steam's cut $38.8M–$88.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.4M–$33.4M after Steam's cut $22.6M–$51.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	HorrorGore
What Remains of Edith Finch 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $10.1M–$27.2M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$41.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichAtmospheric
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