How much revenue did Sphaera make?

$6k–$15k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sphaera sell?

Q: How many copies did Sphaera sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 66 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut; from 66 reviews (Mostly Negative)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 83k–216k

best case 380k (The Exit 8)

Games like Sphaera

A typical game among these

≈ 83k–216k copies

≈ $130k–$561k after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: The Exit 8 at ≈ 289k–470k copies, ≈ $317k–$853k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 694 reviews in their first month; the range was 212 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (6 of 8) and Horror (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Walking Simulator, priced around $4.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 2 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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The Light Remake 2020	Est. copies ≈ 38k–62k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $53k–$141k after Steam's cut $96k–$218k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Walking SimulatorFirst-Person
Platform 8 2024	Est. copies ≈ 72k–116k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $79k–$211k after Steam's cut $143k–$325k before Steam's cut	$3.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorAdventure
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The Exit 8 2023	Est. copies ≈ 289k–470k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $317k–$853k after Steam's cut $577k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$3.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Psychological Horror Walking Simulator
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