How much revenue did Black Mirror make?

$205k–$551k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Black Mirror sell?

Q: How many copies did Black Mirror sell?

25k to 40k copies, based on its 723 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25k–40k; $205k–$551k after Steam's cut $373k–$848k before Steam's cut; from 723 reviews (Mixed)

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 Black Mirror and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Black Mirror's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 270k–1.1M

best case 2.2M (Remnant: From the Ashes)

Games like Black Mirror

A typical game among these

≈ 270k–1.1M copies

≈ $1.7M–$9.3M after Steam's cut

from ~15k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Remnant: From the Ashes at ≈ 1.7M–2.7M copies, ≈ $18.2M–$49.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 899 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (5 of 8) and Psychological Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Co-op, priced around $40.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 38 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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CARRION 2020	Est. copies ≈ 895k–1.5M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	Villain ProtagonistPixel Graphics
Forgive Me Father 2022	Est. copies ≈ 152k–246k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $834k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	FPSBoomer Shooter
WORLD OF HORROR 2023	Est. copies ≈ 245k–397k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Very Positive	HorrorLovecraftian
FAITH: The Unholy Trinity 2022	Est. copies ≈ 224k–364k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $922k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	9k reviews Very Positive	HorrorPixel Graphics
Scorn 2022	Est. copies ≈ 494k–802k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.6M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	20k reviews Mostly Positive	GoreHorror
Remnant: From the Ashes 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $18.2M–$49.1M after Steam's cut $33.2M–$75.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	58k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeAction
Lost in Vivo 2018	Est. copies ≈ 122k–198k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $402k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $731k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$11.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Psychological Horror Horror
SIGNALIS 2022	Est. copies ≈ 862k–1.4M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Survival Horror Psychological Horror