How much revenue did Anomalum make?

$774–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Anomalum sell?

Q: How many copies did Anomalum sell?

942 to 2k copies, based on its 38 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 942–2k; $774–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 38 reviews (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 Anomalum and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Anomalum's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–115k

best case 490k (Cube Escape: Paradox)

Games like Anomalum

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–115k copies

≈ $66k–$278k after Steam's cut

from ~882 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Cube Escape: Paradox at ≈ 373k–606k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 302 reviews in their first month; the range was 120 to 771.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (6 of 8) and Horror (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Psychological Horror.
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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Cube Escape Collection 2020	Est. copies ≈ 199k–324k 9.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $273k–$735k after Steam's cut $497k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePoint & Click
Cube Escape: Paradox 2018	Est. copies ≈ 373k–606k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleFree to Play
Dreamcore 2025	Est. copies ≈ 50k–81k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $247k–$665k after Steam's cut $449k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationWalking Simulator
Liminalcore 2024	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41k–$111k after Steam's cut $75k–$172k before Steam's cut	$7.99	761 reviews Very Positive	Walking Simulator Psychological Horror
CAPTURED 2024	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $30k–$82k after Steam's cut $55k–$126k before Steam's cut	$6.45	693 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Horror
Anglerfish 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before Steam's cut	$9.99	290 reviews Very Positive	HorrorAction-Adventure
Discolored 2019	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $44k–$119k after Steam's cut $81k–$183k before Steam's cut	$7.99	701 reviews Mostly Positive	PuzzleExploration
Escape: Malice 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $55k–$147k after Steam's cut $99k–$226k before Steam's cut	$7.99	1k reviews Mostly Negative	Escape RoomOnline Co-Op