How much revenue did Narcosis make?

$208k–$560k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Narcosis sell?

Q: How many copies did Narcosis sell?

51k to 82k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 51k–82k; $208k–$560k after Steam's cut $379k–$862k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Narcosis and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Narcosis's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.2M–3.5M

best case 15.2M (Subnautica)

Games like Narcosis

A typical game among these

≈ 2.2M–3.5M copies

≈ $17.2M–$39.8M after Steam's cut

from ~43k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Subnautica at ≈ 11.6M–18.8M copies, ≈ $95.5M–$256.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (7 of 8) and FPS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2021, and none of them 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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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
BioShock™ 2007	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.2M–$30.1M after Steam's cut $20.4M–$46.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	FPSAtmospheric
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.6M–18.8M 8.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $95.5M–$256.7M after Steam's cut $173.6M–$395.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	381k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
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Subnautica: Below Zero 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.2M–$59.7M after Steam's cut $40.4M–$91.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	109k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
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