How much revenue did MosGhost make?

$4k–$10k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MosGhost sell?

Q: How many copies did MosGhost sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 67 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut; from 67 reviews (Mixed)

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 MosGhost and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MosGhost's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 839k–1.2M

best case 1.1M (Crime Scene Cleaner)

Games like MosGhost

A typical game among these

≈ 839k–1.2M copies

≈ $9.0M–$11.7M after Steam's cut

from ~26k 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: Crime Scene Cleaner at ≈ 858k–1.4M copies, ≈ $7.1M–$19.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 33 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 11k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Idler (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Crime, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, 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 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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Viscera Cleanup Detail 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.1M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.1M before Steam's cut	$12.99	24k reviews Very Positive	SimulationGore
Crime Scene Cleaner 2024	Est. copies ≈ 858k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.1M–$19.0M after Steam's cut $12.9M–$29.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationCrime
Little Chick 2020	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $54–$146 after Steam's cut $99–$224 before Steam's cut	$1.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	CasualAction
Madness inside 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$6.99	94 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationAction-Adventure
Mr.Mine 2020	Est. copies ≈ 463k–752k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	19k reviews Very Positive	IdlerClicker
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends 2021	Est. copies ≈ 698k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	28k reviews Very Positive	ClickerFree to Play
终极功德模拟器 \| Zen Simulator 2023	Est. copies ≈ 794–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $435–$1k after Steam's cut $790–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	32 reviews Positive	SimulationCollectathon
The Waiting Room - An Existential Simulation 2024	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $61–$164 after Steam's cut $110–$252 before Steam's cut	$0.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	SimulationLife Sim