How much revenue did Zafehouse Diaries 2 make?

$9k–$24k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Zafehouse Diaries 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Zafehouse Diaries 2 sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 136 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before Steam's cut; from 136 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 Zafehouse Diaries 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Zafehouse Diaries 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 135k–277k

best case 27.3M (The Forest)

Games like Zafehouse Diaries 2

A typical game among these

≈ 135k–277k copies

≈ $854k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Forest at ≈ 20.8M–33.7M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Survival (7 of 8) and Zombies (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Horror + Building + Survival Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 193x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2024	Est. copies ≈ 112k–182k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $615k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies
Wanna Survive 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $52k–$119k before Steam's cut	$11.99	304 reviews Very Positive	TacticalTurn-Based Strategy
SKYHILL 2015	Est. copies ≈ 282k–459k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $775k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAction Roguelike
Dead State: Reanimated 2014	Est. copies ≈ 144k–233k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	ZombiesSurvival
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville 2015	Est. copies ≈ 100k–163k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $412k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $750k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim Survival
Sword of the Stars: The Pit 2013	Est. copies ≈ 98k–160k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $270k–$726k after Steam's cut $491k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-like Dungeon Crawler
Dead Age 2016	Est. copies ≈ 233k–379k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $962k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RPGZombies