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 the cut; from 20 reviews (Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Primal Rift out and predicted the genre from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Primal Rift's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 196–6k

best case 9.0M (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)

Games like Primal Rift

The middle of these games

≈ 196–6k copies

≈ $529–$56k after Steam's cut

from ~11 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

1 of your 5 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at ≈ 6.9M–11.2M copies, ≈ $113.5M–$305.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

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

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Lore-Rich (3 of 5) and Story Rich (3 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Story Rich, priced around $60.
The era: Only 1 of your 5 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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–11.2M 25223x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $113.5M–$305.2M after Steam's cut $206.4M–$469.5M before the cut	$59.99	277k 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 $55k–$126k before the cut	$24.99	179 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 the 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 the 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 the cut	$6.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	RPGAction RPG