How much revenue did Elmarion: the Lost Temple make?

$10k–$28k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Elmarion: the Lost Temple sell?

Q: How many copies did Elmarion: the Lost Temple sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 102 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before Steam's cut; from 102 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 Elmarion: the Lost Temple and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Elmarion: the Lost Temple's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 198k–286k

best case 559k (Legend of Grimrock)

Games like Elmarion: the Lost Temple

A typical game among these

≈ 198k–286k copies

≈ $975k–$2.6M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Legend of Grimrock at ≈ 426k–692k copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.7M 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 Party-Based RPG (7 of 8) and Fantasy (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dungeon Crawler + Grid-Based Movement, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Indie + Grid-Based Movement + Old School; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2005 to 2021, 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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Might & Magic X - Legacy 2014	Est. copies ≈ 192k–312k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	3k reviews Mixed	RPGTurn-Based
Tower of Time 2018	Est. copies ≈ 81k–132k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $557k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Real Time TacticsReal-Time
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Legend of Grimrock 2012	Est. copies ≈ 426k–692k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG