How much revenue did Who Needs a Hero? make?

$200k–$537k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Who Needs a Hero? sell?

Q: How many copies did Who Needs a Hero? sell?

36k to 59k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 36k–59k; $200k–$537k after Steam's cut $363k–$827k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Who Needs a Hero? and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Who Needs a Hero?'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 64k–85k

best case 428k (The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante)

Games like Who Needs a Hero?

A typical game among these

≈ 64k–85k copies

≈ $346k–$478k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Choices Matter (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante at ≈ 326k–529k copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.8M 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 253 reviews in their first month; the range was 58 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Choices Matter (4 of 8) and Medieval (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Choices Matter + Story Rich, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Story Rich + Choices Matter + Interactive Fiction; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2023, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante 2021	Est. copies ≈ 326k–529k 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $66k–$178k after Steam's cut $120k–$273k before Steam's cut	$18.99	510 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessChoices Matter
Warsim: The Realm of Aslona 2022	Est. copies ≈ 55k–90k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $151k–$407k after Steam's cut $275k–$626k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Text-BasedSimulation
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 51k–82k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Interactive FictionChoose Your Own Adventure
A guard walks into a tavern 2023	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $24k–$64k after Steam's cut $43k–$98k before Steam's cut	$7.99	434 reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterMedieval
Throne of Lies®: Medieval Politics 2017	Est. copies ≈ 93k–151k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Social DeductionMultiplayer
Heads Will Roll: Reforged 2023	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $295k–$793k after Steam's cut $536k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Replay ValueWar
HimeYoku: A Sacrifice of Lust and Grace 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $49k–$112k before Steam's cut	$19.99	198 reviews Very Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureDark Fantasy