How much revenue did Depths of Sanity make?

$10k–$26k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Depths of Sanity sell?

Q: How many copies did Depths of Sanity sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 94 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $17k–$40k before Steam's cut; from 94 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 Depths of Sanity and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Depths of Sanity's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 55k–86k

best case 229k (We Need To Go Deeper)

Games like Depths of Sanity

A typical game among these

≈ 55k–86k copies

≈ $301k–$398k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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.

Best case: We Need To Go Deeper at ≈ 174k–283k copies, ≈ $766k–$2.1M 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 242 reviews in their first month; the range was 239 to 393.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Underwater (5 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Lovecraftian + Hand-drawn, priced around $18. The breakout hits carry Hand-drawn + Lovecraftian + Roguevania; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 to 2022, 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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Source of Madness 2022	Est. copies ≈ 39k–64k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $216k–$581k after Steam's cut $393k–$893k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	Rogue-liteLovecraftian
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 178k–290k 3.4x 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
Aquaria 2008	Est. copies ≈ 97k–158k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $267k–$717k after Steam's cut $485k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaIndie
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We Need To Go Deeper 2019	Est. copies ≈ 174k–283k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $766k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$15.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Co-op2D
The Shore 2021	Est. copies ≈ 50k–81k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $163k–$439k after Steam's cut $297k–$676k before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	LovecraftianHorror
Pronty 2021	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $162k–$436k after Steam's cut $295k–$671k before Steam's cut	$17.99	1k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaUnderwater