How many copies did Eternal Return sell?

1.7M to 2.8M copies, based on its 69k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Eternal Return make?

Eternal Return is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Eternal Return?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 1.7M–2.8M; from 69k 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 Eternal Return and predicted how it would do from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Eternal Return's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 71k–970k

best case 1.8M (NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER)

Games like Eternal Return

A typical game among these

≈ 71k–970k copies

≈ $1.1M–$14.8M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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 3 of the similar games are hits.

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

Best case: NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $15.5M–$41.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Anime (3 of 3) and Fighting (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Anime + Character Customization, priced around $40.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
BLACK CLOVER: QUARTET KNIGHTS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $612k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$64.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAnime
Bishojo Mangekyo Kotowari to Meikyu no Shojo 2021	Est. copies ≈ 73k–119k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $605k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSSexual Content
NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.5M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	57k reviews Very Positive	AnimeMultiplayer