How much revenue did Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity make?

$61k–$165k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity sell?

Q: How many copies did Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity sell?

22k to 36k copies, based on its 537 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–36k; $61k–$165k after Steam's cut $112k–$254k before Steam's cut; from 537 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 Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–126k

best case 148k (Hellpoint)

Games like Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–126k copies

≈ $9k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~270 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hellpoint at ≈ 112k–183k copies, ≈ $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 29 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 1k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Souls-like (5 of 8) and Action RPG (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Sci-fi, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Hellpoint 2020	Est. copies ≈ 112k–183k 17x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$34.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	Souls-likeSci-fi
Eruption 爆发 2021	Est. copies ≈ 942–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$4.99	38 reviews Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Grim Quest - Old School RPG 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$26k before Steam's cut	$5.99	156 reviews Very Positive	RPGRogue-lite
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction 2011	Est. copies ≈ 277k–450k 16x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $760k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Negative	Psychological HorrorCombat Racing
Vigil: The Longest Night 2020	Est. copies ≈ 91k–147k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $548k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $997k–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$21.99	4k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
Skautfold: Usurper 2018	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before Steam's cut	$9.99	343 reviews Mixed	ActionIndie
HINGE VR 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $27k–$72k after Steam's cut $49k–$111k before Steam's cut	$19.99	197 reviews Mostly Positive	VRHorror
Chaos 2020	Est. copies ≈ 446–725 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $122–$326 after Steam's cut $221–$502 before Steam's cut	$0.99	18 reviews Mostly Positive	Souls-likeRPG