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How many copies did Do No Harm sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 24k–38k
$104k–$279k after Steam's cut $189k–$429k before Steam's cut
from 951 reviews (Mostly 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 Do No Harm and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Do No Harm's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 190k–462k
best case 557k (Call of Cthulhu®)
Games like Do No Harm

A typical game among these

≈ 190k–462k copies

≈ $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Call of Cthulhu® at ≈ 424k–690k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 366 to 5k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Lovecraftian (8 of 8) and Story Rich (8 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Lovecraftian + Horror, priced around $20.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Call of Cthulhu®
2018
Est. copies
≈ 424k–690k
1.7x 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
Still Wakes the Deep
2024
Est. copies
≈ 328k–533k
1.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.1M before Steam's cut
$34.99
13k reviews
Very Positive
Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
2019
Est. copies
≈ 100k–163k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$689k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut
$24.99
3k reviews
Very Positive
SteampunkLovecraftian
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
2023
Est. copies
≈ 75k–122k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$823k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut
$39.99
3k reviews
Very Positive
DetectiveLovecraftian
Call of the Sea
2020
Est. copies
≈ 159k–259k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$875k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut
$19.99
6k reviews
Very Positive
AdventurePuzzle
Secret World Legends
2017
Est. copies
≈ 319k–518k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
9k reviews
Mixed
MMORPGMassively Multiplayer
SUNLESS SEA
2015
Est. copies
≈ 467k–759k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut
$18.99
10k reviews
Very Positive
ExplorationLovecraftian
Depersonalization
2024
Est. copies
≈ 170k–277k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$936k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut
$19.99
7k reviews
Very Positive
LovecraftianPixel Graphics

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