How much revenue did A Story About My Uncle make?

$6.3M–$16.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did A Story About My Uncle sell?

Q: How many copies did A Story About My Uncle sell?

1.5M to 2.5M copies, based on its 29k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.5M–2.5M; $6.3M–$16.8M after Steam's cut $11.4M–$25.9M before the cut; from 29k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left A Story About My Uncle out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A Story About My Uncle's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.4M–7.5M

best case 29.9M (Dying Light)

The First-Person genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 2.4M–7.5M copies

≈ $19.5M–$80.3M after Steam's cut

from ~65k reviews

Best case

≈ 22.8M–37.1M copies

Dying Light · ≈ $156.7M–$421.4M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (6 of 8) and Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Survival Horror, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2022, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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