How much revenue did Circus Electrique make?

$38k–$102k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Circus Electrique sell?

Q: How many copies did Circus Electrique sell?

7k to 11k copies, based on its 278 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–11k; $38k–$102k after Steam's cut $69k–$157k before Steam's cut; from 278 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 Circus Electrique and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Circus Electrique's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 77k–134k

best case 484k (Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga)

Games like Circus Electrique

A typical game among these

≈ 77k–134k copies

≈ $696k–$1.6M 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: Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga at ≈ 369k–600k copies, ≈ $2.0M–$5.5M 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 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Strategy RPG (8 of 8) and Tactical RPG (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tactical RPG + Story Rich, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Fantasy + Adventure + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
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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Legends of Eisenwald 2015	Est. copies ≈ 89k–145k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $491k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $894k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based
Tactics Ogre: Reborn 2022	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics
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Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga 2022	Est. copies ≈ 369k–600k 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.5M after Steam's cut $3.7M–$8.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGRPG
Inkbound 2024	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $824k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics
Disgaea 2 PC 2017	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $323k–$869k after Steam's cut $588k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGStrategy RPG
Persona 5 Tactica 2023	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $907k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGStrategy
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