How much revenue did 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal make?

$30.6M–$82.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal sell?

Q: How many copies did 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal sell?

5.6M to 9.1M copies, based on its 225k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5.6M–9.1M; $30.6M–$82.4M after Steam's cut $55.7M–$126.8M before Steam's cut; from 225k 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 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.8M–14.7M

best case 78.3M (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

Games like 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal

A typical game among these

≈ 8.8M–14.7M copies

≈ $93.4M–$211.9M after Steam's cut

from ~236k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Euro Truck Simulator 2 at ≈ 59.7M–97.0M copies, ≈ $328.0M–$881.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (5 of 8) and Sandbox (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Driving + Transportation, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Relaxing + Driving + Transportation; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2020, 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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