How much revenue did Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition sell?

998 to 2k copies, based on its 29 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 998–2k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 29 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 Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–469k

best case 27.4M (Phasmophobia)

Games like Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–469k copies

≈ $29k–$3.6M after Steam's cut

from ~692 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: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.9M–33.9M copies, ≈ $114.8M–$308.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 289 reviews in their first month; the range was 38 to 40k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Metroidvania (7 of 8) and Lovecraftian (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 2 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).

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Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20.9M–33.9M 1217x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.8M–$308.5M after Steam's cut $208.6M–$474.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	842k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 178k–290k 7.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaMetroidvania
CARRION 2020	Est. copies ≈ 895k–1.5M 52x 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
Angel's Gear 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$76k before Steam's cut	$9.99	268 reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
Voidwrought 2024	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $142k–$381k after Steam's cut $258k–$586k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaDark
Marrow 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut	$9.99	61 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieAction
The Tower on the Borderland 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before Steam's cut	$15.99	72 reviews Very Positive	LovecraftianSurvival Horror
Skautfold: Usurper 2018	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before Steam's cut	$9.99	343 reviews Mixed	ActionIndie