How much revenue did Welcome to the Game make?

$148k–$398k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Welcome to the Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Welcome to the Game sell?

108k to 175k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 108k–175k; $148k–$398k after Steam's cut $269k–$613k before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Welcome to the Game and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Welcome to the Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 49k–130k

best case 991k (Pony Island)

Games like Welcome to the Game

A typical game among these

≈ 49k–130k copies

≈ $177k–$464k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Pony Island at ≈ 755k–1.2M copies, ≈ $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 347 reviews in their first month; the range was 316 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hacking (7 of 8) and Horror (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Hacking, priced around $7. The breakout hits carry Puzzle + Singleplayer + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2021, 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 61 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
Pony Island 2016	Est. copies ≈ 755k–1.2M 7.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$4.99	18k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleIndie
Replica 2016	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $121k–$325k after Steam's cut $220k–$500k before Steam's cut	$2.99	4k reviews Very Positive	IndiePixel Graphics
Welcome to the Game II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 107k–175k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $295k–$794k after Steam's cut $537k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	HorrorHacking
SIMULACRA 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $92k–$248k after Steam's cut $167k–$381k before Steam's cut	$7.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Horror Immersive Sim
The Black Watchmen 2015	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $100k–$268k after Steam's cut $181k–$413k before Steam's cut	$9.99	744 reviews Very Positive	IlluminatiPuzzle
Observer: System Redux 2020	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $620k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	3k reviews Very Positive	HorrorInvestigation
Cyber Manhunt 2021	Est. copies ≈ 390k–634k 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationRPG
Scrutinized 2020	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $95k–$255k after Steam's cut $172k–$392k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Horror