How much revenue did Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time make?

$916k–$2.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time sell?

Q: How many copies did Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time sell?

333k to 542k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 333k–542k; $916k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before the cut; from 5k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.4M–11.7M

best case 31.7M (Dying Light)

Games like Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time

The middle of these games

≈ 7.4M–11.7M copies

≈ $97.0M–$169.8M after Steam's cut

from ~204k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Dying Light at ≈ 24.2M–39.2M copies, ≈ $166.0M–$446.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 33k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 30k to 72k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and Horror (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies + Survival Horror, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2022, 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 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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Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.2M–39.2M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $166.0M–$446.3M after Steam's cut $301.8M–$686.6M before the cut	$24.99	495k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $89.7M–$241.2M after Steam's cut $163.1M–$371.1M before the cut	$59.99	219k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldCo-op
Human Fall Flat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $51.8M–$139.4M after Steam's cut $94.2M–$214.4M before the cut	$19.99	227k reviews Very Positive	Co-opFunny
Rise of the Tomb Raider™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $53.4M–$143.5M after Steam's cut $97.1M–$220.8M before the cut	$29.99	156k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction
Outlast 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $36.1M–$97.1M after Steam's cut $65.7M–$149.5M before the cut	$14.99	139k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorFirst-Person
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.7M–9.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $94.4M–$253.9M after Steam's cut $171.7M–$390.6M before the cut	$59.99	188k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldRPG
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	303k reviews Mostly Positive	Battle RoyaleMultiplayer
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $58.5M–$157.2M after Steam's cut $106.3M–$241.8M before the cut	$59.99	143k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSuperhero