How much revenue did GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath make?

$255k–$685k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath sell?

Q: How many copies did GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath sell?

71k to 116k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 71k–116k; $255k–$685k after Steam's cut $463k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Very 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 GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath and predicted how it would do from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 154k–224k

best case 154k (Creeper World 4)

Games like GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath

A typical game among these

≈ 154k–224k copies

≈ $1.1M–$1.5M 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 5 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Creeper World 4 at ≈ 117k–191k copies, ≈ $807k–$2.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (5 of 5) and RTS (4 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Wargame, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2020, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Creeper World 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 117k–191k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $807k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseWargame
Atom Zombie Smasher 2011	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $366k–$984k after Steam's cut $665k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Real Time TacticsTower Defense
Zombie Defense 2016	Est. copies ≈ 91k–147k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayZombies
Infested Planet 2014	Est. copies ≈ 171k–277k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $704k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTower Defense
Anomaly: Warzone Earth 2011	Est. copies ≈ 297k–482k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $815k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	5k reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie