How much revenue did In The Shadows make?

$9k–$24k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did In The Shadows sell?

Q: How many copies did In The Shadows sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 59 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before Steam's cut; from 59 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 In The Shadows and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including In The Shadows's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–14k

best case 33k (Long Dream)

Games like In The Shadows

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–14k copies

≈ $9k–$42k after Steam's cut

from ~234 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Long Dream at ≈ 25k–41k copies, ≈ $49k–$131k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 41 reviews in their first month; the range was 15 to 330.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (7 of 8) and Puzzle-Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Point & Click + Visual Novel, priced around $7.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 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 38 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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Long Dream 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $49k–$131k after Steam's cut $89k–$202k before Steam's cut	$6.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
Don't Touch this Button! 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut	$3.99	143 reviews Very Positive	CasualPuzzle
YinYang Street Ultimate Edition 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut	$8.99	115 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Snake Classic 2018	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$1.99	325 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIndie
Dungeons of Dreadrock 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $23k–$61k after Steam's cut $41k–$94k before Steam's cut	$5.99	556 reviews Very Positive	IndieOld School
Murtop 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$4.99	90 reviews Very Positive	ActionArcade
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