How much revenue did Camera Obscura make?

$41k–$111k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Camera Obscura sell?

Q: How many copies did Camera Obscura sell?

75k to 122k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 75k–122k; $41k–$111k after Steam's cut $75k–$170k before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Mostly 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 Camera Obscura and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Camera Obscura's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 667k–1.5M

best case 47.6M (Geometry Dash)

Games like Camera Obscura

A typical game among these

≈ 667k–1.5M copies

≈ $1.3M–$19.5M after Steam's cut

from ~13k 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: Geometry Dash at ≈ 36.2M–58.9M copies, ≈ $49.7M–$133.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Anime (5 of 8) and Female Protagonist (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Level Editor, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Difficult + Music + Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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Geometry Dash 2014	Est. copies ≈ 36.2M–58.9M 50x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.7M–$133.7M after Steam's cut $90.4M–$205.7M before Steam's cut	$4.99	647k reviews Very Positive	DifficultMusic
DDNet 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	47k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpFree to Play
Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy 2024	Est. copies ≈ 228k–371k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $439k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $798k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$6.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAnime
BattleBlock Theater® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M 5.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.8M–$45.3M after Steam's cut $30.6M–$69.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-op Platformer
Montaro 2016	Est. copies ≈ 506k–823k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $138k–$371k after Steam's cut $251k–$570k before Steam's cut	$0.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MemesCute
Rabi-Ribi 2016	Est. copies ≈ 511k–830k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.4M before Steam's cut	$17.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeMetroidvania
NEKOPARA Vol. 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 535k–870k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeSexual Content
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.2M–$35.6M after Steam's cut $24.1M–$54.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	42k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaRPG