How much revenue did UnEpic make?

$1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did UnEpic sell?

Q: How many copies did UnEpic sell?

458k to 745k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 458k–745k; $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M 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 UnEpic and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including UnEpic's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 165k–508k

best case 530k (The Messenger)

Games like UnEpic

A typical game among these

≈ 165k–508k copies

≈ $809k–$2.3M 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: The Messenger at ≈ 404k–656k copies, ≈ $2.2M–$6.0M 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 Platformer (8 of 8) and Metroidvania (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Metroidvania, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Retro + Ninja + Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2018, 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 38 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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