How much revenue did Primal Rift make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Primal Rift sell?

Q: How many copies did Primal Rift sell?

496 to 806 copies, based on its 20 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 496–806; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 20 reviews (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 Primal Rift and predicted how it would do from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Primal Rift's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 196–6k

best case 9.1M (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)

Games like Primal Rift

A typical game among these

≈ 196–6k copies

≈ $529–$57k after Steam's cut

from ~11 reviews

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

1 of the 5 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at ≈ 6.9M–11.3M copies, ≈ $95.2M–$256.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 5 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 92k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Lore-Rich (3 of 5) and Story Rich (3 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Story Rich, priced around $50.
When they shipped: Only 1 of the 5 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 of about 31, 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
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 2025	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.3M 25396x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $95.2M–$256.1M after Steam's cut $173.2M–$394.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	279k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Turn-Based CombatStory Rich
Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 16x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $31k–$82k after Steam's cut $56k–$127k before Steam's cut	$24.99	180 reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
Jeebo & Jerbo vs. Life 2021	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $375–$1k after Steam's cut $681–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	11 reviews Positive	ExplorationMetroidvania
Pangea 2021	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $287–$770 after Steam's cut $521–$1k before Steam's cut	$6.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Turn-Based StrategyFantasy
Momo's Mansion 2022	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $238–$642 after Steam's cut $433–$988 before Steam's cut	$6.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	RPGAction RPG