How much revenue did ChaosWorld make?

$224–$603 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ChaosWorld sell?

Q: How many copies did ChaosWorld sell?

273 to 443 copies, based on its 11 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 273–443; $224–$603 after Steam's cut $408–$927 before Steam's cut; from 11 reviews (Negative)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–5.0M

best case 8.5M (DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin)

Games like ChaosWorld

A typical game among these

≈ 1.7M–5.0M copies

≈ $25.3M–$51.6M after Steam's cut

from ~53k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin at ≈ 6.5M–10.5M copies, ≈ $71.3M–$191.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 20k reviews in their first month; the range was 28 to 44k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Souls-like (5 of 8) and Dark Fantasy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Dark Fantasy, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, 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 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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Besiege 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationSandbox
Manor Lords 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.1M after Steam's cut $46.1M–$104.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	93k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.3M–$46.5M after Steam's cut $31.4M–$71.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	51k reviews Very Positive	RPGAction
DARK SOULS™ II 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $28.9M–$77.6M after Steam's cut $52.5M–$119.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	47k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeRPG
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.5M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $71.3M–$191.8M after Steam's cut $129.7M–$295.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	133k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy
Medieval Dynasty 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.7M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.8M before Steam's cut	$34.99	52k reviews Very Positive	CraftingBuilding
DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	79k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeRPG
Kingdom of Fallen: The Last Stand 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$10.99	43 reviews Mixed	Action-AdventureSandbox