How much revenue did Look Outside make?

$1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Look Outside sell?

Q: How many copies did Look Outside sell?

368k to 597k copies, based on its 15k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 368k–597k; $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's cut; from 15k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Look Outside and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Look Outside's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–6k

best case 321k (WORLD OF HORROR)

Games like Look Outside

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–6k copies

≈ $11k–$15k after Steam's cut

from ~115 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: WORLD OF HORROR at ≈ 245k–397k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M 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 33 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 7k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (5 of 8) and Survival Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Lovecraftian, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Lovecraftian + Psychological Horror + Point & Click; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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Living the Nightmare 2020	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $408–$1k after Steam's cut $742–$2k before Steam's cut	$2.99	20 reviews Positive	Horror Survival Horror
WORLD OF HORROR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 245k–397k 86x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Very Positive	HorrorLovecraftian
1 Bit Survivor 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$3.99	101 reviews Very Positive	Survival HorrorTurn-Based Combat
Cards of the Dead 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$24k before Steam's cut	$7.99	106 reviews Mostly Positive	ControllerAction
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Sorry We're Open 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$34k before Steam's cut	$7.99	150 reviews Very Positive	RPGHorror
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