How much revenue did Ghost Talker make?

$41–$109 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ghost Talker sell?

Q: How many copies did Ghost Talker sell?

25 to 40 copies, based on its 1 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25–40; $41–$109 after Steam's cut $75–$168 before Steam's cut; from 1 review (1 user reviews); Only 1 review so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Ghost Talker and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ghost Talker's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–7k

best case 10k (Abnormality)

Games like Ghost Talker

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–7k copies

≈ $2k–$30k after Steam's cut

from ~71 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Abnormality at ≈ 8k–13k copies, ≈ $22k–$59k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 28 reviews in their first month; the range was 9 to 77.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (6 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 3 of the 8 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 61 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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Ossuary 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$9.99	40 reviews Positive	AdventureIndie
Last Light 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$86k before Steam's cut	$15.99	190 reviews Very Positive	AdventureHorror
Red Tape 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $21k–$49k before Steam's cut	$5.99	288 reviews Very Positive	AdventureHorror
Urbex Night Security 2023	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $885–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	26 reviews Mixed	Early AccessExploration
Last Threshold 2022	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $782–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	23 reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorLovecraftian
The Midnight Bus 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	92 reviews Very Positive	Psychological Horror Horror
Veins of DARKNESS 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $999–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$2.99	49 reviews Mostly Positive	Mystery DungeonAdventure
Abnormality 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$90k before Steam's cut	$9.99	320 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessHorror