How much revenue did The Town of Light make?

$615k–$1.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Town of Light sell?

Q: How many copies did The Town of Light sell?

118k to 192k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 118k–192k; $615k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 The Town of Light and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Town of Light's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 66k–247k

best case 425k (Yume Nikki)

Games like The Town of Light

A typical game among these

≈ 66k–247k copies

≈ $171k–$1.0M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Yume Nikki at ≈ 324k–526k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 616 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (8 of 8) and Horror (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RPGMaker + Psychological Horror.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, and 1 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).

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INDIKA 2024	Est. copies ≈ 238k–387k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	SurrealPuzzle
The Suicide of Rachel Foster 2020	Est. copies ≈ 172k–279k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $849k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	7k reviews Mixed	Walking SimulatorMystery
Misao - 2024 HD Remaster 2017	Est. copies ≈ 89k–144k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $243k–$654k after Steam's cut $442k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationPuzzle
Great North Shelter 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $978–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$2.99	48 reviews Positive	ExplorationHidden Object
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The Path 2009	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $184k–$494k after Steam's cut $334k–$760k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Walking SimulatorIndie
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Vasilis 2019	Est. copies ≈ 490–796 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$8.99	17 reviews Mixed	HorrorInvestigation