How much revenue did Panoptic make?

$38k–$102k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Panoptic sell?

Q: How many copies did Panoptic sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 328 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $38k–$102k after Steam's cut $69k–$157k before Steam's cut; from 328 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 Panoptic and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Panoptic's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 838–14k

best case 1.1M (Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes)

Games like Panoptic

A typical game among these

≈ 838–14k copies

≈ $4k–$230k after Steam's cut

from ~37 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes at ≈ 838k–1.4M copies, ≈ $3.5M–$9.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 15 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 339.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (7 of 8) and Asymmetric VR (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Puzzle, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, 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
Late For Work 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$41k before Steam's cut	$14.99	84 reviews Very Positive	VRLocal Multiplayer
DAVIGO: VR vs. PC 2023	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k 38x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $240k–$644k after Steam's cut $436k–$991k before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessVR
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes 2015	Est. copies ≈ 838k–1.4M 464x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.3M after Steam's cut $6.3M–$14.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opLocal Multiplayer
Puppet Fever 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut	$14.99	37 reviews Positive	VRLocal Multiplayer
Rival Rides 2023	Est. copies ≈ 918–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	37 reviews Positive	VRParty Game
Operation Armstrong 2021	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$12.99	27 reviews Mostly Positive	VRAsymmetric VR
Potato Party: Hash It Out 2021	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$9.99	22 reviews Positive	Asymmetric VRMultiplayer
OctoRaid VR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $681–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$9.99	10 reviews Positive	Asymmetric VRAction