How much revenue did 4089: Ghost Within make?

$9k–$24k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 4089: Ghost Within sell?

Q: How many copies did 4089: Ghost Within sell?

5k to 9k copies, based on its 109 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–9k; $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut; from 109 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 4089: Ghost Within and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 4089: Ghost Within's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 176k–380k

best case 799k (Roboquest)

Games like 4089: Ghost Within

A typical game among these

≈ 176k–380k copies

≈ $916k–$2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Roboquest at ≈ 608k–989k copies, ≈ $4.2M–$11.2M 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 926 to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and FPS (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Action Roguelike, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, 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 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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Void Bastards 2019	Est. copies ≈ 157k–255k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
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
Ziggurat 2014	Est. copies ≈ 222k–362k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $917k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteAction
Roboquest 2023	Est. copies ≈ 608k–989k 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
Immortal Redneck 2017	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $632k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$19.95	3k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 283k–461k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rhythm
Post Void 2020	Est. copies ≈ 308k–500k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $253k–$680k after Steam's cut $460k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$2.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSPsychedelic
Slasher's Keep 2020	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $220k–$592k after Steam's cut $401k–$911k before Steam's cut	$13.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeFirst-Person