How much revenue did Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman make?

$71k–$190k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman sell?

Q: How many copies did Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman sell?

26k to 42k copies, based on its 460 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 26k–42k; $71k–$190k after Steam's cut $129k–$293k before Steam's cut; from 460 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 Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman and predicted how it would do from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31k–55k

best case 124k (Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered)

Games like Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman

A typical game among these

≈ 31k–55k copies

≈ $89k–$235k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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 6 similar games are hits.

Best case: Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered at ≈ 95k–154k copies, ≈ $780k–$2.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 462 reviews in their first month; the range was 88 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (6 of 6) and 2D Platformer (3 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dark Fantasy + Third Person, priced around $30.
When they shipped: 3 of the 6 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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).

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Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $30k–$79k after Steam's cut $54k–$122k before Steam's cut	$14.99	289 reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
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