How much revenue did War for the Overworld make?

$3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did War for the Overworld sell?

Q: How many copies did War for the Overworld sell?

397k to 645k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 397k–645k; $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.5M before Steam's cut; from 8k 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 War for the Overworld and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including War for the Overworld's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 85k–299k

best case 4.2M (Cult of the Lamb)

Games like War for the Overworld

A typical game among these

≈ 85k–299k copies

≈ $537k–$2.6M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Cult of the Lamb at ≈ 3.2M–5.2M copies, ≈ $22.2M–$59.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 24k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Base-Building (5 of 8) and Dungeon Crawler (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Base-Building + Action Roguelike, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Cute + Action Roguelike + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 61 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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Cult of the Lamb 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.2M–$59.6M after Steam's cut $40.3M–$91.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	130k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingCute
Patch Quest 2023	Est. copies ≈ 69k–113k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $286k–$768k after Steam's cut $519k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	AdventureCreature Collector
KeeperRL 2024	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $247k–$665k after Steam's cut $450k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	UndergroundSimulation
The Crust 2026	Est. copies ≈ 108k–176k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $951k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$31.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessBase-Building
Len's Island 2025	Est. copies ≈ 198k–321k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	8k reviews Mostly Positive	Open World Survival CraftFarming
Dungeons 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 644k–1.0M 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	19k reviews Very Positive	StrategyVillain Protagonist
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JIANGHU CHRONICLES 2025	Est. copies ≈ 60k–97k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $296k–$797k after Steam's cut $539k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Mixed	Early AccessAction