How much revenue did Plaything make?

$939–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Plaything sell?

Q: How many copies did Plaything sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $939–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 23 reviews (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 Plaything and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Plaything's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–25k

best case 370k (SKYHILL)

Games like Plaything

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–25k copies

≈ $8k–$93k after Steam's cut

from ~189 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SKYHILL at ≈ 282k–459k copies, ≈ $775k–$2.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 81 reviews in their first month; the range was 11 to 572.

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 Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Action Roguelike, priced around $10.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
SKYHILL 2015	Est. copies ≈ 282k–459k 31x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $775k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAction Roguelike
FALL 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$4.99	159 reviews Very Positive	ZombiesPost-apocalyptic
Stranded Nightmare 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	56 reviews Very Positive	HorrorAction
ORDER 13 2025	Est. copies ≈ 38k–62k 8.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $94k–$253k after Steam's cut $171k–$389k before Steam's cut	$8.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Survival Horror Immersive Sim
Hollow's Land 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut	$4.99	219 reviews Mixed	3DFirst-Person
Meet Your Oshi 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$3.99	110 reviews Very Positive	HorrorRobots
Deep Dark Dungeon of Anglaus 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $733–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$1.99	54 reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
SAHUR: Escape Together 2025	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before Steam's cut	$1.99	502 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionHorror