How much revenue did Cherophobia make?

$999–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cherophobia sell?

Q: How many copies did Cherophobia sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 49 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $999–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 49 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 Cherophobia and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cherophobia's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 365k–1.2M

best case 1.1M (Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk)

Games like Cherophobia

A typical game among these

≈ 365k–1.2M copies

≈ $889k–$3.4M after Steam's cut

from ~20k 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: Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk at ≈ 853k–1.4M copies, ≈ $349k–$939k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 163 to 10k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Psychological Horror (5 of 8) and Short (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Psychological Horror, priced around $1.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2022, 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 70 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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Visage 2020	Est. copies ≈ 274k–445k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$10.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Iron Lung 2022	Est. copies ≈ 280k–455k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $615k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$7.99	11k reviews Very Positive	HorrorAtmospheric
The Beginner's Guide 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	Story Rich Walking Simulator
Pony Island 2016	Est. copies ≈ 755k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$4.99	18k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleIndie
Plug & Play 2015	Est. copies ≈ 241k–392k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $265k–$712k after Steam's cut $482k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$3.99	5k reviews Very Positive	IndieShort
The Plan 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	24k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayIndie
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Townscaper 2021	Est. copies ≈ 537k–872k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $884k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$5.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExperimentalBuilding