How much revenue did holo8 make?

$5k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did holo8 sell?

Q: How many copies did holo8 sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 168 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut; from 168 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 holo8 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including holo8's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 23k–27k

best case 66k (Dreamcore)

Games like holo8

A typical game among these

≈ 23k–27k copies

≈ $67k–$88k after Steam's cut

from ~731 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: Dreamcore at ≈ 50k–81k copies, ≈ $247k–$665k 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 88 reviews in their first month; the range was 25 to 723.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Psychological Horror (6 of 8) and Walking Simulator (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Exploration + Walking Simulator, priced around $18. The breakout hits carry 3D + Nonlinear + Surreal; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 36 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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