How much revenue did DarkFighter make?

$367–$985 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DarkFighter sell?

Q: How many copies did DarkFighter sell?

670 to 1k copies, based on its 27 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 670–1k; $367–$985 after Steam's cut $667–$2k before Steam's cut; from 27 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 DarkFighter and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DarkFighter's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 278k–462k

best case 9.1M (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)

Games like DarkFighter

A typical game among these

≈ 278k–462k copies

≈ $2.2M–$6.8M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at ≈ 6.9M–11.3M copies, ≈ $95.2M–$256.1M 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 2k to 92k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share JRPG (8 of 8) and Turn-Based Combat (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Story Rich, priced around $50. The breakout hits carry Lore-Rich + Adventure + Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, 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 52 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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Coromon 2022	Est. copies ≈ 201k–326k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorExploration
FINAL FANTASY 2021	Est. copies ≈ 218k–355k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $720k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$11.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPGRPG
FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE 2018	Est. copies ≈ 313k–509k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's cut $7.8M–$17.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	10k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
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Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition 2023	Est. copies ≈ 390k–634k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.1M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.5M before Steam's cut	$34.99	16k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsJRPG
Chained Echoes 2022	Est. copies ≈ 205k–333k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Very Positive	RPGPixel Graphics
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout 2019	Est. copies ≈ 253k–412k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	9k reviews Very Positive	JRPGExploration
FINAL FANTASY IX 2016	Est. copies ≈ 598k–971k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.3M after Steam's cut $6.3M–$14.3M before Steam's cut	$20.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPG Story Rich