How much revenue did Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn make?

$225k–$606k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn sell?

Q: How many copies did Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn sell?

55k to 89k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 55k–89k; $225k–$606k after Steam's cut $410k–$933k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.7M–3.2M

best case 10.3M (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

Games like Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn

A typical game among these

≈ 2.7M–3.2M copies

≈ $25.6M–$31.7M after Steam's cut

from ~68k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Doki Doki Literature Club! at ≈ 7.9M–12.8M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Gore (7 of 8) and Horror (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + First-Person, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2021, 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 79 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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Outlast 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.4M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $36.4M–$98.0M after Steam's cut $66.3M–$150.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	140k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorFirst-Person
DOOM 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.7M–$136.4M after Steam's cut $92.3M–$209.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	222k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSGore
Doki Doki Literature Club! 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.8M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	229k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Visual Novel
Blasphemous 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $18.8M–$50.7M after Steam's cut $34.3M–$78.0M before Steam's cut	$34.99	68k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaPixel Graphics
Resident Evil Village 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut $76.8M–$174.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	155k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Survival Horror Horror
Friday the 13th: The Game 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	77k reviews Very Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
Killing Floor 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $44.4M–$119.4M after Steam's cut $80.8M–$183.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	129k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesMultiplayer
Outlast 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.2M–$32.9M after Steam's cut $22.2M–$50.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	65k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror