How much revenue did The Talos Principle make?

$14.1M–$38.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Talos Principle sell?

Q: How many copies did The Talos Principle sell?

1.7M to 2.8M copies, based on its 33k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.7M–2.8M; $14.1M–$38.0M after Steam's cut $25.7M–$58.4M before the cut; from 33k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 The Talos Principle out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Talos Principle's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 34.1M–46.3M

best case 664.3M (Counter-Strike 2)

The First-Person genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 34.1M–46.3M copies

≈ $223.3M–$373.4M after Steam's cut

from ~982k reviews

Best case

≈ 506.1M–822.5M copies

Counter-Strike 2

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (5 of 8) and FPS (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Crime, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Action + Crime + Automobile Sim; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2020, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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