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How big is Close Your Eyes [Old Version]?

Estimated players who have it
≈ 38k–62k
from 785 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 Close Your Eyes [Old Version] and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Close Your Eyes [Old Version]'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 161k–227k
best case 668k (Her Story)
Games like Close Your Eyes [Old Version]

A typical game among these

≈ 161k–227k copies

≈ $1.0M–$2.4M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Her Story at ≈ 509k–827k copies, ≈ $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 635 reviews in their first month; the range was 170 to 3k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Choose Your Own Adventure (7 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Investigation + Typing, priced around $10.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2015 to 2022, 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 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

Her Story
2015
Est. copies
≈ 509k–827k
1.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before Steam's cut
$9.99
10k reviews
Very Positive
InvestigationTyping
Heaven's Vault
2019
Est. copies
≈ 72k–117k
too small to compare
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$494k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $899k–$2.0M before Steam's cut
$24.99
2k reviews
Very Positive
AdventureNarrative
Word Game: Episode 0
2021
Est. copies
≈ 113k–183k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
MinimalistIndie
Ib
2022
Est. copies
≈ 132k–215k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$473k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $860k–$2.0M before Steam's cut
$12.99
5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Story RichPixel Graphics
Word Game
2022
Est. copies
≈ 160k–260k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut
$34.99
6k reviews
Very Positive
ExplorationPuzzle
Sable
2021
Est. copies
≈ 161k–262k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut
$24.99
6k reviews
Very Positive
AtmosphericExploration
Who's Lila?
2022
Est. copies
≈ 95k–154k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$313k–$843k after Steam's cut $570k–$1.3M before Steam's cut
$11.99
4k reviews
Very Positive
THE LONGING
2020
Est. copies
≈ 185k–301k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$764k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut
$14.99
7k reviews
Very Positive
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