How much revenue did Daemonologie make?

$16k–$42k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Daemonologie sell?

Q: How many copies did Daemonologie sell?

19k to 31k copies, based on its 761 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19k–31k; $16k–$42k after Steam's cut $28k–$64k before Steam's cut; from 761 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 Daemonologie and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Daemonologie's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 329k–577k

best case 655k (The Test)

Games like Daemonologie

A typical game among these

≈ 329k–577k copies

≈ $832k–$3.2M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: The Test at ≈ 499k–810k copies, ≈ $273k–$734k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 448 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (8 of 8) and Choices Matter (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Choose Your Own Adventure + Simulation, priced around $2.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 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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The Test: Hypothesis Rising 2020	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $80k–$216k after Steam's cut $146k–$332k before Steam's cut	$1.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationMultiple Endings
Call of Cthulhu® 2018	Est. copies ≈ 424k–690k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	LovecraftianHorror
The Test 2020	Est. copies ≈ 499k–810k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $273k–$734k after Steam's cut $496k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$1.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureSimulation
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AI: The Somnium Files 2019	Est. copies ≈ 272k–442k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelAnime
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered 2015	Est. copies ≈ 435k–707k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	9k reviews Mostly Positive	Story RichQuick-Time Events
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series 2017	Est. copies ≈ 369k–600k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	AdventureStory Rich
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