Gish wanst a failure at all, it was a very big indie game for its time.. i dont believe i ever called it that i might have said compaired to what games sell now it would have been a huge failure.
Gish only sold a few thousand copies in its first 6+ years of release, its sold more since it was put on steam and got into humble bundles.. but that was considered selling well back in 2004.
it made me enough to quit my game stop job for 2 years…