How much revenue did Heartwood Heroes make?

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

How many copies did Heartwood Heroes sell?

Q: How many copies did Heartwood Heroes sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 50 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 $9k–$21k before Steam's cut; from 50 reviews (Very 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 Heartwood Heroes and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Heartwood Heroes's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 153k–330k

best case 2.3M (Pummel Party)

Games like Heartwood Heroes

A typical game among these

≈ 153k–330k copies

≈ $917k–$3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Pummel Party at ≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies, ≈ $7.3M–$19.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 23 reviews in their first month; the range was 15 to 143.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Board Game (5 of 8) and Party (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 4 Player Local + Board Game, priced around $15.
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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The Jackbox Party Pack 2014	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $741k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	CasualTrivia
Pummel Party 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $7.3M–$19.6M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$30.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	58k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerFunny
Dice Crypt 2024	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $749–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	22 reviews Positive	Board GameParty Game
THE GAME OF LIFE 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $396k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $719k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$12.49	5k reviews Mostly Positive	Board GameMultiplayer
Verse Surf 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	55 reviews Very Positive	CasualParty
The Jackbox Party Pack 3 2016	Est. copies ≈ 278k–451k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Local MultiplayerTrivia
Drawful 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 174k–282k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $477k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $868k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Local MultiplayerParty
Party Panic 2017	Est. copies ≈ 119k–194k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $558k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$16.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Multiplayer4 Player Local