How much revenue did Grimlord make?

$236k–$634k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Grimlord sell?

Q: How many copies did Grimlord sell?

29k to 46k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 29k–46k; $236k–$634k after Steam's cut $429k–$975k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Grimlord and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Grimlord's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 75k–603k

best case 2.4M (UNO)

Games like Grimlord

A typical game among these

≈ 75k–603k copies

≈ $412k–$5.5M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: UNO at ≈ 1.9M–3.0M copies, ≈ $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (5 of 8) and Swordplay (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Game + Tabletop, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 3 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
UNO 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	54k reviews Mostly Positive	Card GameMultiplayer
Steam Link 2015	Est. copies ≈ 360k–584k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Mostly Positive	Steam MachineSoftware
Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition 2024	Est. copies ≈ 759k–1.2M 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.6M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	31k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSingleplayer
Legendary Tales 2024	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $825k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	VROnline Co-Op
Timeless Paradox VR 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$19.99	48 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGAction
Hellsplit: Arena 2019	Est. copies ≈ 114k–185k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $783k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	VRAction
Tracery of Fate 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$80k before Steam's cut	$19.99	142 reviews Mostly Positive	ViolentVR
Disney•Pixar Cars 2: The Video Game 2014	Est. copies ≈ 78k–126k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $427k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $777k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingAction