How much revenue did Night Call make?

$89k–$240k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Night Call sell?

Q: How many copies did Night Call sell?

22k to 35k copies, based on its 752 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–35k; $89k–$240k after Steam's cut $162k–$369k before Steam's cut; from 752 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 Night Call and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Night Call's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–148k

best case 614k (This Is the Police)

Games like Night Call

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–148k copies

≈ $140k–$857k after Steam's cut

from ~936 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: This Is the Police at ≈ 468k–760k copies, ≈ $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 206 reviews in their first month; the range was 90 to 365.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (6 of 8) and Noir (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Story Rich, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 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
Interrogation: You will be deceived 2019	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $39k–$106k after Steam's cut $72k–$163k before Steam's cut	$12.99	383 reviews Mostly Positive	DetectiveNoir
BUSTAFELLOWS 2021	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $284k–$764k after Steam's cut $517k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1k reviews Very Positive	OtomeVisual Novel
This Is the Police 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 200k–325k 7.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $826k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyStory Rich
This Is the Police 2016	Est. copies ≈ 468k–760k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	StrategyManagement
For the People 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $95k–$255k after Steam's cut $173k–$393k before Steam's cut	$16.99	819 reviews Mostly Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureVisual Novel
Neo Cab 2019	Est. copies ≈ 84k–136k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $345k–$926k after Steam's cut $626k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Visual NovelCyberpunk
Serial Cleaners 2022	Est. copies ≈ 11k–19k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $79k–$212k after Steam's cut $143k–$326k before Steam's cut	$24.99	463 reviews Mostly Positive	Simulation Stealth
CaseCracker2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 21k–33k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $68k–$182k after Steam's cut $123k–$280k before Steam's cut	$11.99	829 reviews Very Positive	Story RichMystery