How much revenue did Venator Universe make?

$987–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Venator Universe sell?

Q: How many copies did Venator Universe sell?

719 to 1k copies, based on its 29 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 719–1k; $987–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 29 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 Venator Universe and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Venator Universe's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–2.9M

best case 7.3M (The Elder Scrolls® Online)

Games like Venator Universe

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–2.9M copies

≈ $29.2M–$42.2M after Steam's cut

from ~40k 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 Elder Scrolls® Online at ≈ 5.6M–9.0M copies, ≈ $30.6M–$82.2M 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 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share MMORPG (7 of 8) and Fantasy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with MMORPG + Open World, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Exploration + Singleplayer + Adventure; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2021, 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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FINAL FANTASY XIV Online 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.8M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.4M–$71.0M after Steam's cut $48.0M–$109.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	86k reviews Very Positive	MMORPGRPG
Bless Unleashed 2021	Est. copies ≈ 772k–1.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	31k reviews Mixed	RPGMMORPG
Neverwinter 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMMORPG
Gujian3(古剑奇谭三) 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.3M–$33.0M after Steam's cut $22.3M–$50.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	49k reviews Very Positive	RPGStory Rich
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis 2020	Est. copies ≈ 613k–995k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	25k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayCharacter Customization
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.0M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	76k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
The Elder Scrolls® Online 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.0M 4.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $30.6M–$82.2M after Steam's cut $55.6M–$126.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	162k reviews Very Positive	RPGMMORPG
Tree of Savior (English Ver.) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 853k–1.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	20k reviews Mixed	MMORPGAnime