How much revenue did Madness inside make?

$4k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Madness inside sell?

Q: How many copies did Madness inside sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 94 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before the cut; from 94 reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Madness inside out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Madness inside's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 772k–1.9M

best case 10.3M (Schedule I)

Games like Madness inside

The middle of these games

≈ 772k–1.9M copies

≈ $6.8M–$16.6M after Steam's cut

from ~26k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Schedule I at ≈ 7.8M–12.7M copies, ≈ $43.0M–$115.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3k to 153k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (5 of 8) and Simulation (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Co-op, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, and 3 of your 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 70 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
Rec Room 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	83k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayVR
Mountain 2014	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $248k–$668k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before the cut	$0.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
Schedule I 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7.8M–12.7M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $43.0M–$115.7M after Steam's cut $78.3M–$178.0M before the cut	$19.99	316k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Simulation Co-op
F1® 23 2023	Est. copies ≈ 437k–710k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Very Positive	VRRacing
Contraband Police 2023	Est. copies ≈ 638k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.2M after Steam's cut $9.6M–$21.8M before the cut	$29.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSimulation
Slime Rancher 2 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.4M after Steam's cut $18.5M–$42.2M before the cut	$29.99	50k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessCute
Pacific Drive 2024	Est. copies ≈ 665k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.8M after Steam's cut $10.0M–$22.7M before the cut	$29.99	27k reviews Very Positive	DrivingSurvival
Chernobylite Complete Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 386k–628k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before the cut	$29.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Post-apocalypticSurvival