How much revenue did The Candle make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Candle sell?

Q: How many copies did The Candle sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 82 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut; from 82 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left The Candle out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Candle's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–32k

best case 380k (Amnesia: The Bunker)

The First-Person genre

2 of your 8 similar games are hits. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 3k–32k copies

≈ $12k–$221k after Steam's cut

from ~163 reviews

Best case

≈ 290k–471k copies

Amnesia: The Bunker · ≈ $2.0M–$5.4M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

The launch: The games that made it here had roughly 7 to 124 reviews in their first month.; Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (3 of 8) and Horror (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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