How much revenue did The Way Of Kings make?

The Way Of Kings is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did The Way Of Kings sell?

Q: How many copies did The Way Of Kings sell?

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

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 521–846; from 21 reviews (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 The Way Of Kings and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Way Of Kings's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–282k

best case 129.3M (Terraria)

Games like The Way Of Kings

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–282k copies

≈ $8k–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~934 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Terraria at ≈ 98.5M–160.1M copies, ≈ $270.6M–$727.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 22k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (5 of 8) and Automobile Sim (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Sandbox, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2025, and 3 of the 8 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 98.5M–160.1M 1669x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $270.6M–$727.5M after Steam's cut $492.0M–$1119.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	1.6M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
Necesse 2025	Est. copies ≈ 727k–1.2M 31x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftMultiplayer
Speed Night 2023	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $409–$1k after Steam's cut $744–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	12 reviews Mixed	RacingRPG
UNDER the SAND - a road trip simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $220k–$592k after Steam's cut $400k–$911k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	DrivingAutomobile Sim
TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 44k–72k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $364k–$978k after Steam's cut $662k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RacingAction
Glitchpunk 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34k–$93k after Steam's cut $63k–$143k before Steam's cut	$19.99	253 reviews Mixed	CyberpunkAction
FutureKreate 2021	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$89.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Early AccessSimulation
Flatinside Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$9.99	81 reviews Mixed	Early AccessRPG