How much revenue did Song of Iron make?

$67k–$181k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Song of Iron sell?

Q: How many copies did Song of Iron sell?

12k to 20k copies, based on its 494 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–20k; $67k–$181k after Steam's cut $122k–$279k before Steam's cut; from 494 reviews (Mostly 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 Song of Iron and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Song of Iron's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 22k–28k

best case 168k (Nocturnal)

Games like Song of Iron

A typical game among these

≈ 22k–28k copies

≈ $56k–$113k after Steam's cut

from ~659 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Nocturnal at ≈ 128k–208k copies, ≈ $599k–$1.6M after Steam's cut. 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 225 reviews in their first month; the range was 72 to 418.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action-Adventure (5 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Side Scroller + Action-Adventure, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Linear + Narration + Hand-drawn; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, and 3 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 43 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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