How much revenue did Flesh Eaters make?

$77k–$206k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Flesh Eaters sell?

Q: How many copies did Flesh Eaters sell?

56k to 91k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 56k–91k; $77k–$206k after Steam's cut $139k–$317k 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 Flesh Eaters and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Flesh Eaters's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 21k–246k

best case 88.0M (Left 4 Dead 2)

Games like Flesh Eaters

A typical game among these

≈ 21k–246k copies

≈ $79k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Left 4 Dead 2 at ≈ 67.0M–108.9M copies, ≈ $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 222 reviews in their first month; the range was 36 to 899.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (8 of 8) and Zombies (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Zombies, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Co-op + Sandbox; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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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Zelter 2020	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $269k–$723k after Steam's cut $489k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	ZombiesSurvival
Dead Age 2016	Est. copies ≈ 233k–379k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $962k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RPGZombies
Zombie Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$4.99	132 reviews Very Positive	ActionSimulation
Project Zomboid 2013	Est. copies ≈ 30.5M–49.6M 331x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $209.9M–$564.4M after Steam's cut $381.6M–$868.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	483k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
SKYHILL 2015	Est. copies ≈ 282k–459k 4.0x 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
Kingdom Wars 2: Battles 2016	Est. copies ≈ 39k–64k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	947 reviews Mixed	StrategyMedieval
Left 4 Dead 2 2009	Est. copies ≈ 67.0M–108.9M 726x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $184.1M–$495.0M after Steam's cut $334.7M–$761.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.1M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesCo-op
Undead Development 2021	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$177k before Steam's cut	$17.99	349 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieVR