How much revenue did Shadows Behind the Throne 2 make?

$3k–$7k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shadows Behind the Throne 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Shadows Behind the Throne 2 sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 48 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut; from 48 reviews (Mostly Positive)

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 Shadows Behind the Throne 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shadows Behind the Throne 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 68k–126k

best case 245k (Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2)

Games like Shadows Behind the Throne 2

A typical game among these

≈ 68k–126k copies

≈ $396k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2 at ≈ 186k–303k copies, ≈ $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 573 reviews in their first month; the range was 533 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Grand Strategy (8 of 8) and God Game (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Sandbox, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 2 of the 8 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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Shadows of Forbidden Gods 2023	Est. copies ≈ 27k–43k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $146k–$393k after Steam's cut $265k–$604k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 186k–303k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
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