How much revenue did Welcome to the Game II make?

$295k–$794k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Welcome to the Game II sell?

Q: How many copies did Welcome to the Game II sell?

107k to 175k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 107k–175k; $295k–$794k after Steam's cut $537k–$1.2M before Steam's cut; from 4k reviews (Very 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 Welcome to the Game II and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Welcome to the Game II's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31k–130k

best case 2.3M (NBA 2K20)

Games like Welcome to the Game II

A typical game among these

≈ 31k–130k copies

≈ $105k–$260k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: NBA 2K20 at ≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hacking (5 of 8) and Simulation (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Simulation + Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. 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 61 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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Duskers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 117k–191k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $645k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTyping
Mainframe Defenders 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $33k–$87k after Steam's cut $59k–$135k before Steam's cut	$5.99	796 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTactical RPG
Hacknet 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 18x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	26k reviews Very Positive	HackingSimulation
Welcome to the Game 2016	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $148k–$398k after Steam's cut $269k–$613k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	HorrorHacking
Sorry, James 2017	Est. copies ≈ 30k–48k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $103k–$235k before Steam's cut	$6.99	858 reviews Mostly Positive	IndiePuzzle
NBA 2K20 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 41x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	60k reviews Mixed	BasketballSports
Brigand: Oaxaca 2017	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $58k–$157k after Steam's cut $106k–$241k before Steam's cut	$9.99	617 reviews Very Positive	CRPG Immersive Sim
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