How much revenue did Kalinur make?

$7k–$18k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kalinur sell?

Q: How many copies did Kalinur sell?

12k to 20k copies, based on its 500 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–20k; $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before Steam's cut; from 500 reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Kalinur and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kalinur's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–4.1M

best case 25.6M (Hollow Knight)

Games like Kalinur

A typical game among these

≈ 1.4M–4.1M copies

≈ $8.4M–$39.8M after Steam's cut

from ~33k 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: Hollow Knight at ≈ 19.5M–31.6M copies, ≈ $80.3M–$215.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 10k reviews in their first month; the range was 3k to 23k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Metroidvania (7 of 8) and Platformer (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Souls-like, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, 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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ANIMAL WELL 2024	Est. copies ≈ 612k–995k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.3M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
Pseudoregalia 2023	Est. copies ≈ 473k–769k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $779k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$5.99	19k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	3D PlatformerMetroidvania
Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaPlatformer
Ori and the Will of the Wisps 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.0M–$80.6M after Steam's cut $54.5M–$124.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	147k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulMetroidvania
Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.5M–31.6M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $80.3M–$215.8M after Steam's cut $145.9M–$332.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	566k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.2M–$35.6M after Steam's cut $24.1M–$54.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	42k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaRPG
Ori and the Blind Forest 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	60k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackAtmospheric
Dust: An Elysian Tail 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionPlatformer