How much revenue did Apollyon: River of Life make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Apollyon: River of Life sell?

Q: How many copies did Apollyon: River of Life sell?

992 to 2k copies, based on its 40 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 992–2k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before the cut; from 40 reviews (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 Apollyon: River of Life out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Apollyon: River of Life's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–44k

best case 70k (The Nameless: Slay Dragon)

Games like Apollyon: River of Life

The middle of these games

≈ 8k–44k copies

≈ $101k–$416k after Steam's cut

from ~649 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Nameless: Slay Dragon at ≈ 53k–86k copies, ≈ $263k–$708k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 110 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 903.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (7 of 8) and Choose Your Own Adventure (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Story Rich, priced around $18.
The era: 4 of your 8 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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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