How much revenue did Foretales make?

$162k–$437k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Foretales sell?

Q: How many copies did Foretales sell?

30k to 48k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 30k–48k; $162k–$437k after Steam's cut $295k–$672k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Foretales and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Foretales's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.8M–4.4M

best case 8.6M (Detroit: Become Human)

Games like Foretales

A typical game among these

≈ 1.8M–4.4M copies

≈ $17.4M–$35.5M after Steam's cut

from ~51k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Detroit: Become Human at ≈ 6.6M–10.7M copies, ≈ $72.1M–$193.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 21 to 20k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Card Game (5 of 8) and Story Rich (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Choices Matter + Story Rich, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2024, and 2 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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Bastion 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.0M–$26.8M after Steam's cut $18.1M–$41.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	38k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackIndie
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $16.2M–$43.5M after Steam's cut $29.4M–$66.9M before Steam's cut	$49.99	47k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
Detroit: Become Human 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.6M–10.7M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $72.1M–$193.9M after Steam's cut $131.1M–$298.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	264k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
Library Of Ruina 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.2M–$24.9M after Steam's cut $16.8M–$38.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	45k reviews Very Positive	Story RichCard Game
UNO 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	54k reviews Mostly Positive	Card GameMultiplayer
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Reigns: Three Kingdoms 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $13k–$31k before Steam's cut	$2.99	362 reviews Mixed	Choose Your Own AdventureCard Game
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