How many copies did The Brittle Epoch sell?

521 to 846 copies, based on its 21 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did The Brittle Epoch make?

The Brittle Epoch is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is The Brittle Epoch?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 521–846; from 21 reviews (Mixed)

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 The Brittle Epoch and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Brittle Epoch's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20k–26k

best case 244k (Breakout 13)

Games like The Brittle Epoch

A typical game among these

≈ 20k–26k copies

≈ $54k–$105k after Steam's cut

from ~770 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Breakout 13 at ≈ 186k–302k copies, ≈ $511k–$1.4M 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 420 reviews in their first month; the range was 61 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Interactive Fiction (5 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FMV + Interactive Fiction, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Choices Matter + Lore-Rich + Choose Your Own Adventure; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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
Spy Alliance 2024	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $20k–$45k before Steam's cut	$1.99	799 reviews Mixed	ExplorationCRPG
The Heroes Around Me 2024	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $37k–$99k after Steam's cut $67k–$152k before Steam's cut	$6.99	770 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
Breakout 13 2023	Est. copies ≈ 186k–302k 9.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $511k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $928k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	FMVInteractive Fiction
Garage: Bad Dream Adventure 2022	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $53k–$142k after Steam's cut $96k–$219k before Steam's cut	$19.90	390 reviews Very Positive	AdventurePoint & Click
Half Billion: Love Choice 2024	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $61k–$164k after Steam's cut $111k–$253k before Steam's cut	$11.99	748 reviews Mostly Positive	Dating SimVisual Novel
天呐！找不到真爱就扑街！ 2024	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$90k before Steam's cut	$6.99	458 reviews Very Positive	FMVCinematic
I've Fallen For You! 2024	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $78k–$178k before Steam's cut	$7.99	788 reviews Very Positive	Dating SimFMV
Green Hell VR 2022	Est. copies ≈ 31k–51k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $171k–$460k after Steam's cut $311k–$708k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mixed	VRSurvival