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 $9.1M–$20.6M before Steam's cut; from 31k 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 Beholder and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beholder's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 75k–438k

best case 851k (Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You)

Games like Beholder

A typical game among these

≈ 75k–438k copies

≈ $406k–$3.2M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You at ≈ 648k–1.1M copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 705 reviews in their first month; the range was 179 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Choices Matter (6 of 8) and Dystopian (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Choices Matter + Political Sim, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games 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 Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterPolitical Sim
Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2018	Est. copies ≈ 388k–631k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before Steam's cut	$15.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickPolitical Sim
Beholder 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 71k–116k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $352k–$946k after Steam's cut $640k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	3k reviews Mixed	Political SimSimulation
Not For Broadcast 2022	Est. copies ≈ 315k–512k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Adventure1980s
Beholder 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 248k–404k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.1M before Steam's cut	$17.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Dystopian Strategy
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength 2018	Est. copies ≈ 58k–95k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $160k–$431k after Steam's cut $292k–$664k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationChoices Matter
The Shrouded Isle 2017	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $188k–$506k after Steam's cut $342k–$778k before Steam's cut	$12.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Political SimManagement
Song of Farca 2021	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $231k–$620k after Steam's cut $419k–$954k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich