How much revenue did Blightbound make?

$172k–$463k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Blightbound sell?

Q: How many copies did Blightbound sell?

31k to 51k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 31k–51k; $172k–$463k after Steam's cut $313k–$712k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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 Blightbound and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blightbound's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 785k–3.8M

best case 3.9M (Last Epoch)

Games like Blightbound

A typical game among these

≈ 785k–3.8M copies

≈ $7.8M–$50.1M after Steam's cut

from ~42k 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: Last Epoch at ≈ 2.9M–4.8M copies, ≈ $28.3M–$76.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 14k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 86k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action RPG (7 of 8) and Hack and Slash (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Loot, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 2 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 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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Grim Dawn 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.4M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $31.4M–$84.5M after Steam's cut $57.2M–$130.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	110k reviews Very Positive	Action RPGHack and Slash
Diablo® IV 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $26.8M–$72.1M after Steam's cut $48.8M–$111.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	79k reviews Mixed	Action RPGHack and Slash
Torchlight II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.8M–$42.6M after Steam's cut $28.8M–$65.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	46k reviews Very Positive	RPGAction RPG
Chronicon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 241k–392k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $928k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$13.99	10k reviews Very Positive	LootAction RPG
Last Epoch 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $28.3M–$76.0M after Steam's cut $51.4M–$116.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	118k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RPGLoot
Darksiders Genesis 2019	Est. copies ≈ 396k–643k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	14k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.4M after Steam's cut $15.8M–$35.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	38k reviews Very Positive	RPGHack and Slash
Wayfinder 2024	Est. copies ≈ 666k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.3M after Steam's cut $8.3M–$18.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	27k reviews Mixed	Action RPGOnline Co-Op