How much revenue did Choice of the Vampire make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Choice of the Vampire sell?

Q: How many copies did Choice of the Vampire sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 44 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 44 reviews (Mixed)

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 Choice of the Vampire and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Choice of the Vampire's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–9k

best case 24k (Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road)

Games like Choice of the Vampire

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–9k copies

≈ $6k–$40k after Steam's cut

from ~143 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road at ≈ 18k–30k copies, ≈ $61k–$163k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 136 reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Interactive Fiction (8 of 8) and Text-Based (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Choose Your Own Adventure + Text-Based, priced around $12.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. 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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Vampire: The Masquerade — Out for Blood 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$67k before Steam's cut	$11.99	197 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGIndie
Blood Moon 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$24k before Steam's cut	$7.99	107 reviews Very Positive	RPGWerewolves
Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives 2021	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $27k–$72k after Steam's cut $49k–$111k before Steam's cut	$11.99	329 reviews Very Positive	RPGAdventure
Vampire's Kiss 2023	Est. copies ≈ 694–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$5.99	28 reviews Mixed	RPGInteractive Fiction
Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road 2020	Est. copies ≈ 18k–30k 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $61k–$163k after Steam's cut $110k–$251k before Steam's cut	$11.99	743 reviews Very Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureText-Based
Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Three 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$48k before Steam's cut	$11.99	143 reviews Very Positive	AdventureCasual
Paranormal Preparatory School 2022	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$6.99	21 reviews Mixed	RPGInteractive Fiction
Castle of Terror 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $20–$55 after Steam's cut $37–$84 before Steam's cut	$2.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	RetroInteractive Fiction