How much revenue did Forrader Hero make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Forrader Hero sell?

Q: How many copies did Forrader Hero sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 83 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 83 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 Forrader Hero and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Forrader Hero's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20k–41k

best case 58k (Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk)

Games like Forrader Hero

A typical game among these

≈ 20k–41k copies

≈ $46k–$281k after Steam's cut

from ~454 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk at ≈ 45k–72k copies, ≈ $612k–$1.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Grid-Based Movement (8 of 8) and Dungeon Crawler (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dungeon Crawler + Anime, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2019, 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 36 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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