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How many copies did Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 298–484
$1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut
from 12 reviews (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 Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 25k–59k
best case 62k (The Bard's Tale Trilogy)
Games like Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower

A typical game among these

≈ 25k–59k copies

≈ $308k–$477k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Bard's Tale Trilogy at ≈ 47k–77k copies, ≈ $196k–$526k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 288 reviews in their first month; the range was 221 to 380.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Dungeon Crawler (8 of 8) and Turn-Based Combat (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Dungeon Crawler + Classic, priced around $15.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2013 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 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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The Bard's Tale Trilogy
2018
Est. copies
≈ 47k–77k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$196k–$526k after Steam's cut $356k–$809k before Steam's cut
$14.99
2k reviews
Very Positive
Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk
2018
Est. copies
≈ 45k–72k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$612k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut
$49.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
Dungeon Drafters
2023
Est. copies
≈ 19k–31k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$132k–$356k after Steam's cut $240k–$547k before Steam's cut
$24.99
776 reviews
Mostly Positive
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Etrian Odyssey HD
2023
Est. copies
≈ 36k–58k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$392k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $714k–$1.6M before Steam's cut
$39.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
Wizardry 8
2013
Est. copies
≈ 78k–127k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$214k–$575k after Steam's cut $389k–$885k before Steam's cut
$9.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
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Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
2023
Est. copies
≈ 19k–31k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$157k–$422k after Steam's cut $286k–$650k before Steam's cut
$29.99
768 reviews
Very Positive
Etrian Odyssey III HD
2023
Est. copies
≈ 19k–31k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$212k–$569k after Steam's cut $385k–$875k before Steam's cut
$39.99
776 reviews
Very Positive
StarCrawlers
2017
Est. copies
≈ 31k–50k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$170k–$457k after Steam's cut $309k–$703k before Steam's cut
$19.99
899 reviews
Very Positive

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