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How many copies did Contract With The Devil sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 17k–28k
$72k–$194k after Steam's cut $131k–$298k before Steam's cut
from 358 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 Contract With The Devil and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Contract With The Devil's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 525k–1.2M
best case 2.3M (The Room)
Games like Contract With The Devil

A typical game among these

≈ 525k–1.2M copies

≈ $1.0M–$3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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: The Room at ≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies, ≈ $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Point & Click (7 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Puzzle + Mystery, priced around $5.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2012 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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The Room Three
2018
Est. copies
≈ 409k–665k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$674k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut
$5.99
13k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
PuzzleMystery
The Room
2014
Est. copies
≈ 1.8M–2.9M
2.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut
$4.99
32k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
PuzzleMystery
Zup!
2016
Est. copies
≈ 371k–603k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$203k–$546k after Steam's cut $370k–$841k before Steam's cut
$1.99
9k reviews
Very Positive
PuzzleCasual
Deponia
2012
Est. copies
≈ 930k–1.5M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.6M before Steam's cut
$9.99
15k reviews
Very Positive
AdventurePoint & Click
The Room 4: Old Sins
2021
Est. copies
≈ 456k–741k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut
$8.99
18k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
PuzzleMystery
Rusty Lake Hotel
2016
Est. copies
≈ 443k–719k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$242k–$651k after Steam's cut $441k–$1.0M before Steam's cut
$1.99
11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
PuzzlePoint & Click
The Room Two
2016
Est. copies
≈ 908k–1.5M
1.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut
$4.99
22k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
PuzzleMystery
Hidden Folks
2017
Est. copies
≈ 329k–534k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.4M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before Steam's cut
$14.99
10k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Hidden ObjectCasual

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