How much revenue did 沉睡的法则 Things as They Are make?

$56k–$150k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 沉睡的法则 Things as They Are sell?

Q: How many copies did 沉睡的法则 Things as They Are sell?

34k to 55k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 34k–55k; $56k–$150k after Steam's cut $101k–$231k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 沉睡的法则 Things as They Are and predicted how it would do from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including 沉睡的法则 Things as They Are's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4.2M–13.6M

best case 27.3M (The Forest)

Games like 沉睡的法则 Things as They Are

A typical game among these

≈ 4.2M–13.6M copies

≈ $85.3M–$184.4M after Steam's cut

from ~210k 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 4 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: The Forest at ≈ 20.8M–33.7M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 19k reviews in their first month; the range was 11k to 92k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share JRPG (3 of 4) and Story Rich (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2025, and 1 of the 4 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 38 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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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 2025	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $95.2M–$256.1M after Steam's cut $173.2M–$394.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	279k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Turn-Based CombatStory Rich
Persona 4 Golden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	88k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPGGreat Soundtrack
Persona 5 Royal 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $57.7M–$155.1M after Steam's cut $104.9M–$238.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPG Story Rich
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival