How much revenue did 9th Dawn III make?

$58k–$157k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 9th Dawn III sell?

Q: How many copies did 9th Dawn III sell?

13k to 22k copies, based on its 536 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–22k; $58k–$157k after Steam's cut $106k–$242k before Steam's cut; from 536 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 9th Dawn III and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 9th Dawn III's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 350–36k

best case 39k (Metal Bringer)

Games like 9th Dawn III

A typical game among these

≈ 350–36k copies

≈ $810–$217k after Steam's cut

from ~399 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Metal Bringer at ≈ 29k–48k copies, ≈ $161k–$434k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 695 reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action-Adventure (5 of 8) and Collectathon (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Mechs, priced around $20.
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 36 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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