How much revenue did Need a packet? make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Need a packet? sell?

Q: How many copies did Need a packet? 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; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k 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 Need a packet? and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Need a packet?'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 45k–75k

best case 1.1M (Sultan's Game)

Games like Need a packet?

A typical game among these

≈ 45k–75k copies

≈ $125k–$293k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: Sultan's Game at ≈ 876k–1.4M copies, ≈ $6.0M–$16.2M 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 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 495 to 17k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (5 of 8) and Horror (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Simulation + Singleplayer + RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 3 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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Mountain 2014	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $248k–$668k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$0.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
Yog-Sothoth’s Yard 2023	Est. copies ≈ 345k–561k 9.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$10.99	14k reviews Very Positive	SimulationDating Sim
Sultan's Game 2025	Est. copies ≈ 876k–1.4M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.2M after Steam's cut $10.9M–$24.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	35k reviews Very Positive	RPGSimulation
Cultist Simulator 2018	Est. copies ≈ 433k–704k 9.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.4M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationChoices Matter
Wild Animal Racing 2016	Est. copies ≈ 113k–183k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $124k–$332k after Steam's cut $225k–$511k before Steam's cut	$3.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Sexual ContentCold War
[Chilla's Art] Aka Manto \| 赤マント 2019	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $48k–$129k after Steam's cut $87k–$198k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	HorrorIndie
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Worshippers of Cthulhu 2025	Est. copies ≈ 38k–62k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $264k–$710k after Steam's cut $480k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Colony SimSandbox