How much revenue did Noble Fates make?

$253k–$680k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Noble Fates sell?

Q: How many copies did Noble Fates sell?

37k to 60k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 37k–60k; $253k–$680k after Steam's cut $460k–$1.0M before the cut; from 1k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Noble Fates out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Noble Fates's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.5M–6.0M

best case 9.8M (RimWorld)

Games like Noble Fates

The middle of these games

≈ 2.5M–6.0M copies

≈ $38.0M–$74.3M after Steam's cut

from ~83k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: RimWorld at ≈ 7.5M–12.2M copies, ≈ $72.0M–$193.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Base-Building (4 of 4) and Management (4 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of your 4 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 61 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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