How much revenue did CRYENGINE make?

CRYENGINE is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did CRYENGINE sell?

Q: How many copies did CRYENGINE sell?

6k to 9k copies, based on its 224 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–9k; from 224 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 CRYENGINE and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including CRYENGINE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 99k–167k

best case 1.5M (Aseprite)

Games like CRYENGINE

A typical game among these

≈ 99k–167k copies

≈ $2.0M–$5.0M after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Aseprite at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Game Development (8 of 8) and Software (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Software + Game Development, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + 2D; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2021, 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 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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