How much revenue did Pawnbarian make?

$62k–$165k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pawnbarian sell?

Q: How many copies did Pawnbarian sell?

22k to 36k copies, based on its 903 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–36k; $62k–$165k after Steam's cut $112k–$254k before Steam's cut; from 903 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 Pawnbarian and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pawnbarian's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 505–3k

best case 8.9M (Darkest Dungeon®)

Games like Pawnbarian

A typical game among these

≈ 505–3k copies

≈ $1k–$8k after Steam's cut

from ~49 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Darkest Dungeon® at ≈ 6.8M–11.0M copies, ≈ $46.5M–$125.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 19 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 80.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-like (6 of 8) and Chess (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Dark Fantasy, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Dark Fantasy + RPG + Lovecraftian; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 52 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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Darkest Dungeon® 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6.8M–11.0M 3322x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.5M–$125.1M after Steam's cut $84.6M–$192.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	163k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based CombatDark Fantasy
Boat Train 2022	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $41–$109 after Steam's cut $74–$168 before Steam's cut	$0.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	StrategyRogue-like
Chess Survivors 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$4.99	163 reviews Very Positive	Rogue-lite Bullet Hell
Petrified Pawns 2025	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $899–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$5.99	22 reviews Positive	Turn-Based TacticsChess
Dice Assassin 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$2.99	103 reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-likeCard Battler
WizardChess 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $17k–$40k before Steam's cut	$14.99	94 reviews Mostly Positive	Pixel GraphicsBoard Game
Grandmaster's Revenge 2023	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $490–$1k after Steam's cut $891–$2k before Steam's cut	$7.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	ChessTurn-Based Tactics
Usurper 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$9.99	49 reviews Mostly Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderChess