How much revenue did Down is Relative make?

$68–$181 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Down is Relative sell?

Q: How many copies did Down is Relative sell?

248 to 403 copies, based on its 10 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 248–403; $68–$181 after Steam's cut $123–$279 before Steam's cut; from 10 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 Down is Relative and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Down is Relative's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 381k–523k

best case 5.3M (Little Nightmares)

Games like Down is Relative

A typical game among these

≈ 381k–523k copies

≈ $1.1M–$3.4M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Little Nightmares at ≈ 4.0M–6.5M copies, ≈ $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 6k reviews in their first month; the range was 910 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (7 of 8) and Horror (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Horror + Singleplayer + Dark; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2021, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Little Nightmares 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.3M after Steam's cut $40.1M–$91.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	117k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
Zup! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 371k–603k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $203k–$546k after Steam's cut $370k–$841k before Steam's cut	$1.99	9k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
The Swapper 2013	Est. copies ≈ 480k–780k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleSci-fi
INMOST 2020	Est. copies ≈ 183k–297k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $753k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	IndiePixel Graphics
Little Nightmares II 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.3M after Steam's cut $21.8M–$49.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	59k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAdventure
Catherine Classic 2019	Est. copies ≈ 326k–530k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Sexual ContentAnime
Superliminal 2020	Est. copies ≈ 848k–1.4M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	34k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleFirst-Person
Firework 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	44k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorIndie