How much revenue did Veles Scary make?

$87–$236 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Veles Scary sell?

Q: How many copies did Veles Scary sell?

322 to 524 copies, based on its 13 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 322–524; $87–$236 after Steam's cut $159–$363 before Steam's cut; from 13 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 Veles Scary and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Veles Scary's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 205k–4.6M

best case 38.8M (Portal 2)

Games like Veles Scary

A typical game among these

≈ 205k–4.6M copies

≈ $1.9M–$49.2M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.5M–48.0M copies, ≈ $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 515 reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and First-Person (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2025, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Portal 2007	Est. copies ≈ 12.6M–20.5M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $34.6M–$93.1M after Steam's cut $63.0M–$143.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	199k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–48.0M 40x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut $147.5M–$335.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	467k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Now you can't see me 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	64 reviews Mostly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
The Last Campfire 2021	Est. copies ≈ 516k–839k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Haydee 3 2025	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $73k–$197k after Steam's cut $133k–$303k before Steam's cut	$29.99	358 reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaThird-Person Shooter
Gravitas 2019	Est. copies ≈ 206k–334k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayPuzzle
The Talos Principle 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 333k–541k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Story Rich
The Farmer Was Replaced 2025	Est. copies ≈ 239k–389k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $658k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ProgrammingAutomation