How much revenue did Trench Tales make?

$120k–$324k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Trench Tales sell?

Q: How many copies did Trench Tales sell?

18k to 28k copies, based on its 706 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–28k; $120k–$324k after Steam's cut $219k–$498k before Steam's cut; from 706 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 Trench Tales and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trench Tales's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 114–576k

best case 125.7M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

Games like Trench Tales

A typical game among these

≈ 114–576k copies

≈ $264–$69k after Steam's cut

from ~69 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at ≈ 95.8M–155.7M copies.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 26k reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (8 of 8) and Third-Person Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2026, 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 43 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
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 95.8M–155.7M 40656x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.8M reviews Mixed	SurvivalShooter
REMNANT II® 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 1008x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $23.5M–$63.3M after Steam's cut $42.8M–$97.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	69k reviews Very Positive	Souls-like Co-op
Magicians And Monsters 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$5.99	72 reviews Mixed	ActionRPG
CYSMA 2020	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $96–$257 after Steam's cut $175–$396 before Steam's cut	$6.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Walking SimulatorThird-Person Shooter
ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY 2026	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $72k–$192k after Steam's cut $130k–$296k before Steam's cut	$17.99	583 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction
Cadleiu 2023	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $190–$512 after Steam's cut $346–$788 before Steam's cut	$6.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	ActionRogue-like
BOM BOM BOMBIAN ～ボンボンボンビアン～ 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34–$91 after Steam's cut $62–$140 before Steam's cut	$4.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Early AccessAction
Outliver: Tribulation 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $6k–$15k before Steam's cut	$7.99	65 reviews Mostly Positive	Third-Person ShooterSouls-like