How much revenue did Subway Exorcist Girl make?

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

How many copies did Subway Exorcist Girl sell?

Q: How many copies did Subway Exorcist Girl sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 331 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut; from 331 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 Subway Exorcist Girl and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Subway Exorcist Girl's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 135k–169k

best case 1.1M (Darkwood)

Games like Subway Exorcist Girl

A typical game among these

≈ 135k–169k copies

≈ $823k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Darkwood at ≈ 861k–1.4M copies, ≈ $4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 332 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (5 of 8) and Rogue-lite (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Isometric, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 1 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 79 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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Curse of the Dead Gods 2021	Est. copies ≈ 229k–373k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeIsometric
SUNLESS SEA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 467k–759k 3.7x vs typical 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
Distrust: Polar Survival 2017	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $315k–$846k after Steam's cut $572k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$12.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalIsometric
Witchfire 2024	Est. copies ≈ 445k–723k 7.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	18k reviews Very Positive	FPSExtraction Shooter
Darkwood 2017	Est. copies ≈ 861k–1.4M 9.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Eldritch 2013	Est. copies ≈ 140k–228k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $578k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
Baldi's Basics Plus 2020	Est. copies ≈ 291k–473k 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $800k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-like Stealth
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