How much revenue did Pestis make?

$23k–$61k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pestis sell?

Q: How many copies did Pestis sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 109 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $23k–$61k after Steam's cut $41k–$94k before Steam's cut; from 109 reviews (Mostly 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 Pestis and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pestis's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–3.2M

best case 4.5M (House Flipper)

Games like Pestis

A typical game among these

≈ 2.0M–3.2M copies

≈ $9.7M–$20.4M after Steam's cut

from ~45k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: House Flipper at ≈ 3.4M–5.5M copies, ≈ $23.4M–$63.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (5 of 8) and Sandbox (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Design & Illustration, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 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 70 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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House Flipper 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.4M–$63.0M after Steam's cut $42.6M–$96.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	112k reviews Very Positive	SimulationDesign & Illustration
PC Building Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.4M–$22.5M after Steam's cut $15.2M–$34.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	53k reviews Very Positive	SimulationEducation
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HentaiAnime
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