How much revenue did Griefhelm make?

$21k–$57k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Griefhelm sell?

Q: How many copies did Griefhelm sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 313 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $39k–$88k before Steam's cut; from 313 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 Griefhelm and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Griefhelm's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 946k–6.7M

best case 8.8M (It Takes Two)

Games like Griefhelm

A typical game among these

≈ 946k–6.7M copies

≈ $9.9M–$94.0M after Steam's cut

from ~70k 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: It Takes Two at ≈ 6.7M–10.9M copies, ≈ $73.7M–$198.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 16k reviews in their first month; the range was 6k to 63k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (6 of 8) and Third-Person Shooter (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Puzzle, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2025, and 1 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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It Takes Two 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $73.7M–$198.3M after Steam's cut $134.1M–$305.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	270k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.5M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $87.8M–$236.1M after Steam's cut $159.6M–$363.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	206k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tactical RPGRPG
Resident Evil 5 2009	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $23.7M–$63.8M after Steam's cut $43.1M–$98.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	68k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction
Streets of Rage 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 490k–797k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	20k reviews Very Positive	ActionBeat 'em up
Split Fiction 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $43.4M–$116.6M after Steam's cut $78.8M–$179.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	127k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opSplit Screen
Resident Evil 6 2013	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.0M–$67.2M after Steam's cut $45.4M–$103.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	72k reviews Mostly Positive	ZombiesAction
Overcooked 2016	Est. copies ≈ 697k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$16.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Local Co-OpMultiplayer
Gears 5 2019	Est. copies ≈ 729k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.2M after Steam's cut $10.9M–$24.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	25k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure