How much revenue did Pax Dei make?

$2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pax Dei sell?

Q: How many copies did Pax Dei sell?

282k to 459k copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 282k–459k; $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut; from 11k reviews (Mixed)

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 Pax Dei and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pax Dei's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 318k–544k

best case 4.3M (Black Desert)

Games like Pax Dei

A typical game among these

≈ 318k–544k copies

≈ $6.3M–$6.8M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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: Black Desert at ≈ 3.2M–5.3M copies, ≈ $8.9M–$24.0M 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 11k reviews in their first month; the range was 6k to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share MMORPG (7 of 8) and Open World (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with MMORPG + Open World, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Massively Multiplayer + RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 2 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 61 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
Black Desert 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.3M 7.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $8.9M–$24.0M after Steam's cut $16.2M–$36.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	94k reviews Mostly Positive	MMORPGMassively Multiplayer
Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG 2026	Est. copies ≈ 299k–485k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	12k reviews Mixed	MMORPGMedieval
Myth of Empires 2024	Est. copies ≈ 437k–710k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.6M–$9.7M after Steam's cut $6.6M–$14.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	18k reviews Mixed	BuildingOpen World Survival Craft
Life is Feudal: Your Own 2015	Est. copies ≈ 589k–957k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	12k reviews Mixed	Open World Survival CraftMedieval
Mortal Online 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 345k–561k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.2M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	14k reviews Mixed	MMORPGSandbox
Albion Online 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.6M 7.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	94k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMMORPG
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues 2018	Est. copies ≈ 97k–158k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mixed	RPGMassively Multiplayer
Life is Feudal: MMO 2018	Est. copies ≈ 224k–363k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Mixed	MMORPGOpen World Survival Craft