How much revenue did Shardpunk make?

$75k–$201k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shardpunk sell?

Q: How many copies did Shardpunk sell?

19k to 32k copies, based on its 784 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19k–32k; $75k–$201k after Steam's cut $136k–$309k before Steam's cut; from 784 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 Shardpunk and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shardpunk's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–68k

best case 336k (Home Behind)

Games like Shardpunk

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–68k copies

≈ $80k–$638k after Steam's cut

from ~639 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: Home Behind at ≈ 256k–416k copies, ≈ $422k–$1.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 223 reviews in their first month; the range was 80 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tactical RPG (5 of 8) and Simulation (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Simulation, priced around $6.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAuto Battler
Of Blades & Tails 2023	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $42k–$113k after Steam's cut $77k–$174k before Steam's cut	$14.99	412 reviews Mostly Positive	Tactical RPGMedieval
Home Behind 2016	Est. copies ≈ 256k–416k 9.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $422k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $767k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$5.99	6k reviews Very Positive	AdventureRPG
The Last Spell: Prologue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	252 reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics
Digimon Survive 2022	Est. copies ≈ 93k–151k 5.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut	$59.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Visual NovelTactical RPG
Caravaneer 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $41k–$93k before Steam's cut	$5.99	548 reviews Very Positive	RPGTrading
Reverse Crawl 2015	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $46k–$125k after Steam's cut $84k–$192k before Steam's cut	$5.99	578 reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGDungeon Crawler
Broken Lines 2020	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $119k–$321k after Steam's cut $217k–$493k before Steam's cut	$24.99	700 reviews Mostly Positive	WarSingleplayer