How much revenue did Sons of Valhalla make?

$135k–$362k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sons of Valhalla sell?

Q: How many copies did Sons of Valhalla sell?

25k to 40k copies, based on its 988 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25k–40k; $135k–$362k after Steam's cut $245k–$557k before the cut; from 988 reviews (Mixed)

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 Sons of Valhalla out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Sons of Valhalla's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.5M–3.0M

best case 3.1M (Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition)

Games like Sons of Valhalla

The middle of these games

≈ 2.5M–3.0M copies

≈ $43.8M–$49.1M after Steam's cut

from ~80k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition at ≈ 2.4M–3.8M copies, ≈ $26.0M–$70.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 35k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 19k to 44k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Base-Building (3 of 4) and Simulation (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + Base-Building, priced around $40.
The era: 2 of your 4 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 38 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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Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.0M–$70.0M after Steam's cut $47.4M–$107.7M before the cut	$39.99	95k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
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Northgard: Definitive Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.1M–$54.1M after Steam's cut $36.6M–$83.2M before the cut	$34.99	69k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
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