How much revenue did Wizardry: The Five Ordeals make?

$151k–$406k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wizardry: The Five Ordeals sell?

Q: How many copies did Wizardry: The Five Ordeals sell?

14k to 22k copies, based on its 553 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–22k; $151k–$406k after Steam's cut $274k–$624k before Steam's cut; from 553 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 Wizardry: The Five Ordeals and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wizardry: The Five Ordeals's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–131k

best case 128k (Dice & Fold)

Games like Wizardry: The Five Ordeals

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–131k copies

≈ $96k–$516k 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.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Dice & Fold at ≈ 97k–158k copies, ≈ $347k–$934k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dungeon Crawler (6 of 8) and Rogue-like (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Battler + Dungeon Crawler, priced around $13.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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Tangledeep 2018	Est. copies ≈ 45k–74k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $187k–$502k after Steam's cut $339k–$772k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeTurn-Based Tactics
Stoneshard: Prologue 2018	Est. copies ≈ 108k–176k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	RPGAdventure
Legends of Amberland: The Forgotten Crown 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $50k–$133k after Steam's cut $90k–$205k before Steam's cut	$19.99	313 reviews Very Positive	RPGParty-Based RPG
Dungeon Rushers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 51k–83k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $212k–$569k after Steam's cut $385k–$876k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mixed	Dungeon Crawler Rogue-lite
Dice & Fold 2024	Est. copies ≈ 97k–158k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $347k–$934k after Steam's cut $631k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$12.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerDungeon Crawler
Low Magic Age 2017	Est. copies ≈ 121k–197k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $500k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $910k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessDungeons & Dragons
Dark Bestiary 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$133k before Steam's cut	$8.99	523 reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based CombatDark Fantasy
The World is Your Weapon 2019	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $54k–$146k after Steam's cut $99k–$225k before Steam's cut	$9.99	686 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeRPG