How much revenue did Urtuk: The Desolation make?

$244k–$657k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Urtuk: The Desolation sell?

Q: How many copies did Urtuk: The Desolation sell?

63k to 103k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 63k–103k; $244k–$657k after Steam's cut $444k–$1.0M 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 Urtuk: The Desolation and predicted how it would do from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Urtuk: The Desolation's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 274k–1.2M

best case 1.2M (Wartales)

Games like Urtuk: The Desolation

A typical game among these

≈ 274k–1.2M copies

≈ $2.6M–$15.4M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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 4 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Wartales at ≈ 899k–1.5M copies, ≈ $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 16k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based Strategy (3 of 4) and Turn-Based Tactics (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2023, 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 43 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
Wartales 2023	Est. copies ≈ 899k–1.5M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.3M after Steam's cut $15.7M–$35.8M before Steam's cut	$34.99	36k reviews Very Positive	RPGOpen World
Fights in Tight Spaces 2021	Est. copies ≈ 98k–160k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $677k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyAction
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children 2020	Est. copies ≈ 246k–399k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	CRPGTactical RPG
Battle Brothers 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.3M–$22.2M after Steam's cut $15.0M–$34.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	29k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG