How much revenue did Heroes of Time make?

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

How many copies did Heroes of Time sell?

Q: How many copies did Heroes of Time sell?

918 to 1k copies, based on its 37 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 918–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 37 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 Heroes of Time and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Heroes of Time's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 237k–514k

best case 773k (Eternal Senia)

Games like Heroes of Time

A typical game among these

≈ 237k–514k copies

≈ $668k–$3.8M 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Eternal Senia at ≈ 589k–957k copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share JRPG (6 of 8) and Fantasy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Anime + Female Protagonist.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2017, and none of them 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 43 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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Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 97k–157k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $399k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $725k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGIndie
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 2014	Est. copies ≈ 583k–947k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Very Positive	JRPG Story Rich
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