How much revenue did MASSIVE CHALICE make?

$513k–$1.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MASSIVE CHALICE sell?

Q: How many copies did MASSIVE CHALICE sell?

93k to 152k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 93k–152k; $513k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $932k–$2.1M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 MASSIVE CHALICE and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MASSIVE CHALICE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–1.5M

best case 6.0M (XCOM® 2)

Games like MASSIVE CHALICE

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–1.5M copies

≈ $14.4M–$20.5M after Steam's cut

from ~37k 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: XCOM® 2 at ≈ 4.6M–7.4M copies, ≈ $25.1M–$67.5M 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 Turn-Based (6 of 8) and Turn-Based Strategy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Tactics, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Auto Battler + Casual + Chess; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2023, 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 31 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
XCOM: Enemy Unknown 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.3M–$41.1M after Steam's cut $27.8M–$63.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	59k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based StrategyTactical
RISK: Global Domination 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	42k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
Wandering Sword 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.0M after Steam's cut $14.2M–$32.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	46k reviews Very Positive	RPGMartial Arts
Battle Brothers 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.3M–$22.2M after Steam's cut $15.0M–$34.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	29k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
Into the Breach 2018	Est. copies ≈ 682k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	22k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Dota Underlords 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	91k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayStrategy
XCOM® 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.4M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.1M–$67.5M after Steam's cut $45.6M–$103.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	110k reviews Very Positive	IsometricTurn-Based Combat
BATTLETECH 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.1M–$29.9M after Steam's cut $20.2M–$46.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	MechsStrategy