How many copies did DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition sell?

302k to 490k copies, based on its 12k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Q: How much revenue did DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition make?

$3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 302k–490k; $3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.7M before Steam's cut; from 12k 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 DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–3.3M

best case 9.1M (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)

Games like DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–3.3M copies

≈ $20.8M–$63.2M after Steam's cut

from ~57k 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: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at ≈ 6.9M–11.3M copies, ≈ $95.2M–$256.1M 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 9k to 92k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (7 of 8) and Turn-Based Combat (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Story Rich, priced around $50.
When they shipped: Only 3 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Persona 4 Golden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	88k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPGGreat Soundtrack
Library Of Ruina 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.2M–$24.9M after Steam's cut $16.8M–$38.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	45k reviews Very Positive	Story RichCard Game
Temtem 2022	Est. copies ≈ 975k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before Steam's cut	$44.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
Volcano Princess 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.3M before Steam's cut	$10.99	49k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Life SimMultiple Endings
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 2025	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.3M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $95.2M–$256.1M after Steam's cut $173.2M–$394.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	279k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Turn-Based CombatStory Rich
Persona 3 Reload 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $26.5M–$71.2M after Steam's cut $48.2M–$109.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	65k reviews Very Positive	JRPGRPG
Metaphor: ReFantazio 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $20.7M–$55.7M after Steam's cut $37.7M–$85.7M before Steam's cut	$69.99	43k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
Persona 5 Royal 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $57.7M–$155.1M after Steam's cut $104.9M–$238.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPG Story Rich