How much revenue did Burial Stone make?

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

How many copies did Burial Stone sell?

Q: How many copies did Burial Stone sell?

422 to 685 copies, based on its 17 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 422–685; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 17 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 Burial Stone and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Burial Stone's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 415–1k

best case 18k (Dwerve)

Games like Burial Stone

A typical game among these

≈ 415–1k copies

≈ $999–$6k after Steam's cut

from ~25 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: Dwerve at ≈ 14k–22k copies, ≈ $75k–$202k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 394 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 Action RPG (5 of 8) and Tactical RPG (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action-Adventure + Tower Defense, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 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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Swords and Sandals Medieval 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $6k–$15k before Steam's cut	$6.99	54 reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based CombatTactical RPG
Dwerve 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k 22x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $75k–$202k after Steam's cut $136k–$310k before Steam's cut	$19.99	550 reviews Mostly Positive	Action-AdventureTower Defense
Fractalis 2021	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $327–$880 after Steam's cut $595–$1k before Steam's cut	$7.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Traditional RoguelikeRogue-like
Arcante 2020	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $613–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$5.99	15 reviews Mixed	RPGParty-Based RPG
Grid Force - Mask Of The Goddess 2022	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$15.99	31 reviews Positive	RPGAction
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Wicked Times 2024	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $816–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$3.99	30 reviews Positive	CRPGExploration
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