How much revenue did Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder make?

$78k–$211k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder sell?

Q: How many copies did Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder sell?

36k to 58k copies, based on its 637 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 36k–58k; $78k–$211k after Steam's cut $143k–$324k before Steam's cut; from 637 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 Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–2.3M

best case 27.4M (Phasmophobia)

Games like Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–2.3M copies

≈ $4.5M–$11.7M after Steam's cut

from ~32k 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: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.9M–33.9M copies, ≈ $114.8M–$308.5M 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 15k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 40k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (6 of 8) and Psychological Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Exploration; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
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
Layers of Fear (2016) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.3M–$17.1M after Steam's cut $11.5M–$26.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	28k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20.9M–33.9M 26x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.8M–$308.5M after Steam's cut $208.6M–$474.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	842k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut 2023	Est. copies ≈ 856k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelChoices Matter
20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 724k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $993k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
DREDGE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.6M–$41.9M after Steam's cut $28.4M–$64.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	57k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationFishing
The Room 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
SOMA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 1.7x 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