How much revenue did ECHO make?

$436k–$1.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ECHO sell?

Q: How many copies did ECHO sell?

63k to 103k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 63k–103k; $436k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $792k–$1.8M before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Mostly 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 ECHO and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ECHO's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–350k

best case 4.9M (Alien: Isolation)

Games like ECHO

A typical game among these

≈ 12k–350k copies

≈ $220k–$2.5M 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.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Alien: Isolation at ≈ 3.8M–6.1M copies, ≈ $41.3M–$110.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Stealth (8 of 8) and Cyberpunk (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Republique 2015	Est. copies ≈ 44k–71k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	898 reviews Mostly Positive	StealthAdventure
Deus Ex: Invisible War 2007	Est. copies ≈ 159k–258k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $305k–$820k after Steam's cut $554k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$6.99	3k reviews Mixed	CyberpunkAction
Deus Ex: The Fall 2014	Est. copies ≈ 261k–425k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $718k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Mostly Negative	CyberpunkRPG
Invisible, Inc. 2015	Est. copies ≈ 283k–459k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkDifficult
Rain of Reflections: Set Free 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $27k–$72k after Steam's cut $48k–$110k before Steam's cut	$9.99	337 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureStrategy
Alien: Isolation 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.1M 39x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.3M–$110.9M after Steam's cut $75.0M–$170.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	67k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Dark Storm: VR Missions 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	23 reviews Mixed	ActionIndie
Stargate: Timekeepers 2024	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $57k–$155k after Steam's cut $105k–$238k before Steam's cut	$29.99	281 reviews Mixed	StrategyReal Time Tactics