How much revenue did 12 Labours of Hercules XIII: Wonder-ful Builder make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 12 Labours of Hercules XIII: Wonder-ful Builder sell?

Q: How many copies did 12 Labours of Hercules XIII: Wonder-ful Builder sell?

347 to 564 copies, based on its 14 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 347–564; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 14 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 12 Labours of Hercules XIII: Wonder-ful Builder and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 12 Labours of Hercules XIII: Wonder-ful Builder's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 672–2k

best case 4k (Sloppy Goat)

Games like 12 Labours of Hercules XIII: Wonder-ful Builder

A typical game among these

≈ 672–2k copies

≈ $3k–$9k after Steam's cut

from ~31 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Sloppy Goat at ≈ 3k–5k copies, ≈ $22k–$60k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 49 reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Time Management (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Side Scroller + Precision Platformer, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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