How much revenue did Ghost Song make?

$199k–$535k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ghost Song sell?

Q: How many copies did Ghost Song sell?

36k to 59k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 36k–59k; $199k–$535k after Steam's cut $362k–$823k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Ghost Song and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ghost Song's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 459k–2.7M

best case 25.6M (Hollow Knight)

Games like Ghost Song

A typical game among these

≈ 459k–2.7M copies

≈ $4.0M–$23.8M after Steam's cut

from ~19k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hollow Knight at ≈ 19.5M–31.6M copies, ≈ $80.3M–$215.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 6k reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Metroidvania (8 of 8) and Platformer (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Souls-like, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 2 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 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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Shadow Complex Remastered 2016	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $166k–$446k after Steam's cut $302k–$686k before Steam's cut	$14.99	967 reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaAction
Catch the dustling 2024	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $68–$183 after Steam's cut $123–$281 before Steam's cut	$1.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Metroidvania Platformer
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Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.5M–31.6M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $80.3M–$215.8M after Steam's cut $145.9M–$332.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	566k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like
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