How much revenue did Malware make?

$25k–$67k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Malware sell?

Q: How many copies did Malware sell?

30k to 49k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 30k–49k; $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $45k–$103k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Very 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 Malware and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Malware's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 140k–480k

best case 6.7M (Papers, Please)

Games like Malware

A typical game among these

≈ 140k–480k copies

≈ $294k–$2.8M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Papers, Please at ≈ 5.1M–8.3M copies, ≈ $14.0M–$37.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 963 reviews in their first month; the range was 472 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Point & Click (8 of 8) and Simulation (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Political + Simulation, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 1 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 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
Morphopolis 2014	Est. copies ≈ 272k–441k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $298k–$801k after Steam's cut $542k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$3.99	5k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleIndie
Pleasure Puzzle:Portrait 趣拼拼：肖像画 2018	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $16k–$42k after Steam's cut $29k–$65k before Steam's cut	$0.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ColorfulTabletop
Papers, Please 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.0M–$37.6M after Steam's cut $25.5M–$57.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	81k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndiePolitical
That's not my Neighbor 2025	Est. copies ≈ 118k–192k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $97k–$261k after Steam's cut $177k–$402k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Very Positive	AdventureCasual
Duck Simulator 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationAdventure
Death and Taxes 2020	Est. copies ≈ 213k–346k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $760k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$12.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension 2020	Est. copies ≈ 648k–1.1M 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieAdventure
SIMULACRA 2017	Est. copies ≈ 161k–262k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $221k–$595k after Steam's cut $402k–$915k before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Very Positive	HorrorDetective