How much revenue did Depth make?

$10.1M–$27.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Depth sell?

Q: How many copies did Depth sell?

1.8M to 3.0M copies, based on its 33k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.8M–3.0M; $10.1M–$27.3M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$42.0M before Steam's cut; from 33k 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 Depth and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Depth's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 56k–897k

best case 1.7M (BioShock™ 2 Remastered)

Games like Depth

A typical game among these

≈ 56k–897k copies

≈ $307k–$7.8M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: BioShock™ 2 Remastered at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $6.9M–$18.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 527 reviews in their first month; the range was 399 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (5 of 8) and Horror (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Story Rich, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 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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BioShock™ 2 Remastered 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 6.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.9M–$18.7M after Steam's cut $12.6M–$28.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	FPSAction
BioShock® 2 2010	Est. copies ≈ 947k–1.5M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.2M–$14.0M after Steam's cut $9.5M–$21.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Sunkenland 2023	Est. copies ≈ 595k–967k 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	24k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessOpen World Survival Craft
Shark Attack Deathmatch 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $74k–$200k after Steam's cut $135k–$308k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorArena Shooter
Aquanox Deep Descent 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $143k–$385k after Steam's cut $260k–$592k before Steam's cut	$29.99	700 reviews Mixed	Vehicular CombatFPS
Tomb Raider: Underworld 2008	Est. copies ≈ 439k–713k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$8.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureAction
Death in the Water 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 46k–75k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $189k–$509k after Steam's cut $344k–$783k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Survival HorrorAtmospheric
Last Tide 2018	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Mixed	Battle RoyaleAction