How much revenue did The Music Machine make?

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

How many copies did The Music Machine sell?

Q: How many copies did The Music Machine sell?

30k to 49k copies, based on its 615 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 30k–49k; $41k–$111k after Steam's cut $75k–$170k before Steam's cut; from 615 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 The Music Machine and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Music Machine's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.7M–4.4M

best case 11.6M (Outlast)

Games like The Music Machine

A typical game among these

≈ 2.7M–4.4M copies

≈ $19.7M–$41.5M after Steam's cut

from ~53k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Outlast at ≈ 8.8M–14.4M copies, ≈ $36.4M–$98.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (5 of 8) and Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + First-Person, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 79 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
Outlast 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.4M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $36.4M–$98.0M after Steam's cut $66.3M–$150.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	140k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorFirst-Person
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe 2022	Est. copies ≈ 898k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	36k reviews Very Positive	Multiple EndingsComedy
Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.4M–$33.4M after Steam's cut $22.6M–$51.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	HorrorGore
Mouthwashing 2024	Est. copies ≈ 0 too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $0 after Steam's cut $0 before Steam's cut	$12.99	0 reviews No user reviews	Psychological Horror Story Rich
SOMA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.4M after Steam's cut $38.8M–$88.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Firewatch 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.9M–$61.5M after Steam's cut $41.6M–$94.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	100k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAtmospheric
What Remains of Edith Finch 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $10.1M–$27.2M after Steam's cut $18.4M–$41.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichAtmospheric
Counter-Strike Nexon 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–4.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	43k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayFPS