How much revenue did Herald of Havoc make?

$33k–$88k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Herald of Havoc sell?

Q: How many copies did Herald of Havoc sell?

7k to 11k copies, based on its 283 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–11k; $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before Steam's cut; from 283 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 Herald of Havoc and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Herald of Havoc's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 754k–1.4M

best case 8.0M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like Herald of Havoc

A typical game among these

≈ 754k–1.4M copies

≈ $4.8M–$9.0M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.1M–9.9M copies, ≈ $50.2M–$134.8M 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 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 22k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (8 of 8) and Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Fast-Paced + Blood + Character Action Game; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2025, 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 79 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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Quake 2007	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's cut $5.2M–$11.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSClassic
Trepang2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 489k–795k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.5M before Steam's cut	$34.99	20k reviews Very Positive	ShooterSingleplayer
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ULTRAKILL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.1M–9.9M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut $91.2M–$207.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	245k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFast-Paced
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