How much revenue did Mages Defense make?

$491–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mages Defense sell?

Q: How many copies did Mages Defense sell?

149 to 242 copies, based on its 6 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 149–242; $491–$1k after Steam's cut $893–$2k before Steam's cut; from 6 reviews (6 user reviews); Only 6 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Mages Defense and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mages Defense's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 339k–825k

best case 1.3M (Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense)

Games like Mages Defense

A typical game among these

≈ 339k–825k copies

≈ $2.3M–$3.9M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense at ≈ 986k–1.6M copies, ≈ $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 394 reviews in their first month; the range was 11 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (8 of 8) and Fantasy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Tactical, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense 2014	Est. copies ≈ 986k–1.6M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense 2020	Est. copies ≈ 271k–441k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense 2018	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Towaga: Among Shadows 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	233 reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventureHand-drawn
Bacon Tales - Between Pigs and Wolves 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut	$1.99	71 reviews Mixed	RTSTower Defense
Dwerve 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $75k–$202k after Steam's cut $136k–$310k before Steam's cut	$19.99	550 reviews Mostly Positive	Action-AdventureTower Defense
Countless Army 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before Steam's cut	$9.99	99 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTower Defense
Age of Defense 2024	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $73k–$196k after Steam's cut $133k–$302k before Steam's cut	$14.99	714 reviews Mostly Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy