How much revenue did Abode make?

$43k–$115k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Abode sell?

Q: How many copies did Abode sell?

16k to 25k copies, based on its 373 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 16k–25k; $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$176k before Steam's cut; from 373 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 Abode and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Abode's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–11k

best case 632k (Escape Simulator)

Games like Abode

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–11k copies

≈ $17k–$34k after Steam's cut

from ~156 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: Escape Simulator at ≈ 482k–783k copies, ≈ $2.6M–$7.1M 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 39 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 3k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Escape Room (8 of 8) and Puzzle (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Mystery, priced around $14. The breakout hits carry Mystery + Point & Click + Lovecraftian; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 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
The Room 4: Old Sins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 456k–741k 118x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$8.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
Lockdown VR: Circus of the Dead 2022	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $204–$551 after Steam's cut $371–$847 before Steam's cut	$5.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Escape RoomVR
Abode 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $19k–$50k after Steam's cut $34k–$77k before Steam's cut	$14.99	156 reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Escape Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 482k–783k 125x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$11.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Co-op
VR: Vacate the Room (Virtual Reality Escape) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before Steam's cut	$3.99	252 reviews Very Positive	AdventureVR
The Experiment: Escape Room 2018	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before Steam's cut	$3.99	271 reviews Mixed	IndieAdventure
Rooms of Realities 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before Steam's cut	$17.99	68 reviews Very Positive	VRPuzzle
Egression 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$50k after Steam's cut $34k–$77k before Steam's cut	$19.99	136 reviews Very Positive	VRPuzzle