How much revenue did Axiom of Maria: Prologue make?

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

How many copies did Axiom of Maria: Prologue sell?

Q: How many copies did Axiom of Maria: Prologue sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 76 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut; from 76 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 Axiom of Maria: Prologue and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Axiom of Maria: Prologue's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–2.3M

best case 32.0M (Cyberpunk 2077)

Games like Axiom of Maria: Prologue

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–2.3M copies

≈ $9.2M–$17.8M after Steam's cut

from ~39k 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: Cyberpunk 2077 at ≈ 24.4M–39.6M copies, ≈ $402.0M–$1080.8M 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 12k reviews in their first month; the range was 8k to 326k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (6 of 8) and Cyberpunk (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Choices Matter + Story Rich, priced around $40.
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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