How much revenue did FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED make?

$3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED sell?

Q: How many copies did FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED sell?

379k to 616k copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 379k–616k; $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut; from 13k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–125k

best case 27.4M (Phasmophobia)

Games like FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED

A typical game among these

≈ 8k–125k copies

≈ $63k–$1.8M after Steam's cut

from ~536 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. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 40k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (8 of 8) and Robots (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Online Co-Op + Multiplayer + Psychological Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2023, and none of them 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 1570x 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
Job Simulator 2016	Est. copies ≈ 228k–370k 10x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	VRSimulation
Budget Cuts 2018	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $235k–$632k after Steam's cut $427k–$972k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Budget Cuts Ultimate 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before Steam's cut	$19.99	117 reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 134k–218k 10x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	VRHorror
Budget Cuts 2: Mission Insolvency 2019	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $64k–$171k after Steam's cut $116k–$263k before Steam's cut	$14.99	536 reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction
Aeon 2017	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $25k–$66k after Steam's cut $45k–$102k before Steam's cut	$9.99	260 reviews Mostly Positive	FPSAction
A Night With Gigsjaw VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 198–322 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8 reviews 8 user reviews	Survival Horror Simulation