How much revenue did Talisman: Origins (Classic) make?

$12k–$32k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Talisman: Origins (Classic) sell?

Q: How many copies did Talisman: Origins (Classic) sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 249 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $21k–$49k before Steam's cut; from 249 reviews (Mostly 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 Talisman: Origins (Classic) and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Talisman: Origins (Classic)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 126k–440k

best case 1.0M (Armello)

Games like Talisman: Origins (Classic)

A typical game among these

≈ 126k–440k copies

≈ $1.2M–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Armello at ≈ 784k–1.3M copies, ≈ $5.4M–$14.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 547 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Board Game (8 of 8) and Tabletop (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Board Game + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 79 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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