How much revenue did ANCIENT EVIL make?

$953–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ANCIENT EVIL sell?

Q: How many copies did ANCIENT EVIL sell?

694 to 1k copies, based on its 28 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 694–1k; $953–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 28 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 ANCIENT EVIL and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ANCIENT EVIL's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.5M–7.0M

best case 7.3M (鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal)

Games like ANCIENT EVIL

A typical game among these

≈ 6.5M–7.0M copies

≈ $70.3M–$83.7M after Steam's cut

from ~162k 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: 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $30.6M–$82.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 208k reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hack and Slash (7 of 8) and Spectacle fighter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Management + Simulation, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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Rise of a Legend 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut	$17.99	49 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessAction
Devil May Cry 5 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $40.6M–$109.2M after Steam's cut $73.9M–$168.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	171k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionHack and Slash
鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.6M–$82.4M after Steam's cut $55.7M–$126.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	225k reviews Mixed	ManagementSingleplayer
Grave-Queen 2022	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $138–$368 after Steam's cut $250–$566 before Steam's cut	$9.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Early AccessAction
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.1M–$110.6M after Steam's cut $74.8M–$170.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackHack and Slash
God Souls 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$4.99	66 reviews Very Positive	Dark FantasyIndie
NieR:Automata™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $58.2M–$156.5M after Steam's cut $105.8M–$240.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	154k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
FAIRY TAIL 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $103k–$276k after Steam's cut $187k–$425k before Steam's cut	$59.99	251 reviews Mixed	Spectacle fighterTactical RPG