How much revenue did The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker make?

$99k–$267k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker sell?

Q: How many copies did The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker sell?

24k to 39k copies, based on its 971 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–39k; $99k–$267k after Steam's cut $180k–$411k before Steam's cut; from 971 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 The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.8M–5.6M

best case 9.7M (New World: Aeternum)

Games like The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker

A typical game among these

≈ 3.8M–5.6M copies

≈ $52.2M–$68.4M after Steam's cut

from ~100k 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 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: New World: Aeternum at ≈ 7.4M–12.0M copies. 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 35k reviews in their first month; the range was 30k to 145k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (7 of 8) and Crafting (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + MMORPG. The breakout hits carry Action + PvP + PvE; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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 70 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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New World: Aeternum 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.4M–12.0M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	297k reviews Mixed	Open WorldMassively Multiplayer
Trove 2015	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	93k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayOpen World
Enshrouded 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.0M–$77.9M after Steam's cut $52.7M–$119.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	106k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
Albion Online 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	94k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMMORPG
Conan Exiles Enhanced 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $39.3M–$105.8M after Steam's cut $71.5M–$162.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	118k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Creativerse 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M too small to compare SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.3M–$19.5M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$30.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	31k reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationSandbox
ARK: Survival Ascended 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $36.3M–$97.7M after Steam's cut $66.0M–$150.3M before Steam's cut	$44.99	118k reviews Mixed	Early AccessSurvival
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.4M–$71.0M after Steam's cut $48.0M–$109.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	86k reviews Very Positive	MMORPGRPG