How much revenue did The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain make?

$12k–$33k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain sell?

Q: How many copies did The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain sell?

15k to 24k copies, based on its 605 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–24k; $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut; from 605 reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 434k–615k

best case 1.5M (The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series)

Games like The Advisor - Episode 1: Royal Pain

A typical game among these

≈ 434k–615k copies

≈ $3.7M–$5.1M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $16.2M–$43.5M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 922 reviews in their first month; the range was 332 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Choices Matter (7 of 8) and Story Rich (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich, priced around $18. The breakout hits carry Adventure + Story Rich + Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, 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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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut 2023	Est. copies ≈ 856k–1.4M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelChoices Matter
Life is Strange 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.0M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
Batman - The Telltale Series 2016	Est. copies ≈ 761k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterAdventure
Suzerain 2020	Est. copies ≈ 296k–481k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelChoose Your Own Adventure
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $16.2M–$43.5M after Steam's cut $29.4M–$66.9M before Steam's cut	$49.99	47k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
A Date with Death 2023	Est. copies ≈ 371k–603k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Dating SimVisual Novel
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