How much revenue did Who Dies First ? make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Who Dies First ? sell?

Q: How many copies did Who Dies First ? sell?

893 to 1k copies, based on its 36 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 893–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 36 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 Who Dies First ? and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Who Dies First ?'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 447k–1.2M

best case 1.9M (The Henry Stickmin Collection)

Games like Who Dies First ?

A typical game among these

≈ 447k–1.2M copies

≈ $1.3M–$9.7M after Steam's cut

from ~20k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Henry Stickmin Collection at ≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies, ≈ $6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 15k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (6 of 8) and Choices Matter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Multiple Endings + Choose Your Own Adventure, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, 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 61 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 Jackbox Party Pack 3 2016	Est. copies ≈ 278k–451k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Local MultiplayerTrivia
Life is Strange: Before the Storm 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.2M before Steam's cut	$16.99	38k reviews Very Positive	Story RichChoices Matter
The Test 2020	Est. copies ≈ 499k–810k 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
The Henry Stickmin Collection 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	60k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FunnyMultiple Endings
Tales from the Borderlands 2021	Est. copies ≈ 486k–790k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.2M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	ComedyAdventure
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series 2015	Est. copies ≈ 404k–657k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mostly Positive	MemesAdventure
Majotori 2017	Est. copies ≈ 72k–116k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $118k–$317k after Steam's cut $214k–$487k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	TriviaMultiple Endings
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