$11.99
Estimated lifetime revenue
$1.01M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$707.6K
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
161.3K
≈ 14 sales per review
Reviews
11,858
Overwhelmingly Positive96% positive
Playing now
10
5-day peak 15 · low 10
New reviews, last 5 days
+8
≈ 2 a day since Oct 10
History
Oct 10 – Oct 15
11.9K11.9K11.9K11.8K
Oct 10Oct 12Oct 15
Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.
How it compares
Horror →Against the 120 most-reviewed Horror games on Steam
Outearns 4% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.
Median
$18.34M
110,408 reviews
Top 10% start at
$68.34M
This game
$1.01M
Fewest reviews of the group
The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.
About
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
- Developer
- RedCandleGames
- Publisher
- RedCandleGames
- Genre
- Horror
- Released
- Jan 12, 2017
- Steam app ID
- 555220
- Data updated
- Oct 15, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.