How much revenue did [International] AbsentedAge: Squarebound make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did [International] AbsentedAge: Squarebound sell?

Q: How many copies did [International] AbsentedAge: Squarebound sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 49 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut; from 49 reviews (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 [International] AbsentedAge: Squarebound and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including [International] AbsentedAge: Squarebound's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 609k–1.1M

best case 3.5M (Hero Siege)

Games like [International] AbsentedAge: Squarebound

A typical game among these

≈ 609k–1.1M copies

≈ $2.4M–$8.3M after Steam's cut

from ~20k 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: Hero Siege at ≈ 2.7M–4.4M copies, ≈ $5.9M–$15.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-like (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Hack and Slash, priced around $8.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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).

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