How much revenue did Inner Chains make?

$115k–$309k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Inner Chains sell?

Q: How many copies did Inner Chains sell?

21k to 34k copies, based on its 607 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 21k–34k; $115k–$309k after Steam's cut $209k–$475k before the cut; from 607 reviews (Mixed)

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 Inner Chains out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Inner Chains's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.2M–4.0M

best case 5.0M (Resident Evil Village)

Games like Inner Chains

The middle of these games

≈ 2.2M–4.0M copies

≈ $13.3M–$49.9M after Steam's cut

from ~65k reviews

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

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Resident Evil Village at ≈ 3.8M–6.2M copies, ≈ $41.9M–$112.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (3 of 3) and Survival Horror (3 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival Horror + Horror, priced around $40.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 43 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
Resident Evil Village 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.9M–$112.7M after Steam's cut $76.2M–$173.4M before the cut	$39.99	154k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Survival Horror Horror
Inside the Backrooms 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.2M before the cut	$6.99	47k reviews Mostly Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Outlast 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.8M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.5M before the cut	$19.99	65k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror