How much revenue did Beholder make?

$5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Beholder sell?

Q: How many copies did Beholder sell?

1.3M to 2.1M copies, based on its 31k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.3M–2.1M; $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.6M before the cut; from 31k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Beholder out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beholder's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 75k–436k

best case 850k (Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You)

Games like Beholder

The middle of these games

≈ 75k–436k copies

≈ $403k–$3.2M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You at ≈ 648k–1.1M copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 705 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 180 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Choices Matter (6 of 8) and Dystopian (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Choices Matter + Political Sim, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 52 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
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You 2016	Est. copies ≈ 648k–1.1M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.4M before the cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterPolitical Sim
Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2018	Est. copies ≈ 386k–628k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before the cut	$15.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickPolitical Sim
Beholder 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $350k–$940k after Steam's cut $636k–$1.4M before the cut	$17.99	3k reviews Mixed	Political SimSimulation
Not For Broadcast 2022	Est. copies ≈ 314k–511k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.9M before the cut	$24.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Adventure1980s
Beholder 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 248k–402k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.1M before the cut	$17.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Dystopian Strategy
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength 2018	Est. copies ≈ 58k–95k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $160k–$430k after Steam's cut $291k–$662k before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationChoices Matter
The Shrouded Isle 2017	Est. copies ≈ 53k–85k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $188k–$505k after Steam's cut $341k–$776k before the cut	$12.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Political SimManagement
Song of Farca 2021	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $229k–$615k after Steam's cut $416k–$947k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich