How much revenue did The House in Fata Morgana make?

$2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The House in Fata Morgana sell?

Q: How many copies did The House in Fata Morgana sell?

284k to 462k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 284k–462k; $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.1M before Steam's cut; from 7k 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 The House in Fata Morgana and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The House in Fata Morgana's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31k–92k

best case 142k (Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure)

Games like The House in Fata Morgana

A typical game among these

≈ 31k–92k copies

≈ $122k–$688k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure at ≈ 108k–175k copies, ≈ $504k–$1.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 430 reviews in their first month; the range was 168 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Visual Novel (8 of 8) and Story Rich (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Story Rich, priced around $17.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 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 38 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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The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence 2018	Est. copies ≈ 59k–95k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $242k–$651k after Steam's cut $440k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureVisual Novel
Vampire Therapist 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $104k–$279k after Steam's cut $189k–$430k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelDark Comedy
Staffer Reborn 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $34k–$91k after Steam's cut $62k–$140k before Steam's cut	$4.99	994 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureInvestigation
My Lovely Wife 2022	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $79k–$213k after Steam's cut $144k–$328k before Steam's cut	$14.99	776 reviews Mostly Positive	FantasyGothic
Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure 2023	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $504k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $916k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$16.99	4k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveStory Rich
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 51k–82k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Interactive FictionChoose Your Own Adventure
Omen Exitio: Plague 2018	Est. copies ≈ 19k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $53k–$144k after Steam's cut $97k–$221k before Steam's cut	$9.99	640 reviews Very Positive	LovecraftianIndie
HENPRI 2025	Est. copies ≈ 105k–170k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $719k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Dark HumorVisual Novel