How much revenue did Ritual: Spellcasting RPG make?

$2k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ritual: Spellcasting RPG sell?

Q: How many copies did Ritual: Spellcasting RPG sell?

893 to 1k copies, based on its 31 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 893–1k; $2k–$7k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut; from 31 reviews (Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Ritual: Spellcasting RPG out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ritual: Spellcasting RPG's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.5M–4.4M

best case 5.3M (Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™)

Games like Ritual: Spellcasting RPG

The middle of these games

≈ 2.5M–4.4M copies

≈ $24.4M–$31.8M after Steam's cut

from ~53k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ at ≈ 4.0M–6.5M copies, ≈ $55.3M–$148.7M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Fantasy (7 of 8) and Open World (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fantasy + Third Person, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Third Person + Mature + Choices Matter; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 to 2023, and none of them 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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Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $29.9M–$80.4M after Steam's cut $54.4M–$123.7M before the cut	$19.99	97k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $55.3M–$148.7M after Steam's cut $100.5M–$228.7M before the cut	$49.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.7M–9.3M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $31.4M–$84.4M after Steam's cut $57.1M–$129.9M before the cut	$19.99	90k reviews Very Positive	RPGFantasy
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