How much revenue did Commander Quest make?

$236k–$634k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Commander Quest sell?

Q: How many copies did Commander Quest sell?

71k to 116k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 71k–116k; $236k–$634k after Steam's cut $429k–$975k before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Commander Quest and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Commander Quest's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 635–1k

best case 8.3M (Slay the Spire)

Games like Commander Quest

A typical game among these

≈ 635–1k copies

≈ $1k–$6k after Steam's cut

from ~22 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Slay the Spire at ≈ 6.3M–10.3M copies, ≈ $43.5M–$116.9M 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 31 reviews in their first month; the range was 9 to 21k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Card Game (7 of 8) and Rogue-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguelike Deckbuilder + Card Game, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Strategy + Deckbuilding + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 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 that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 36 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
Slay the Spire 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.3M–10.3M 9982x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $43.5M–$116.9M after Steam's cut $79.0M–$179.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	220k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderCard Game
Warriors of the Nile 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k 55x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $124k–$334k after Steam's cut $226k–$514k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCard Game
Balatro 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 9102x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.5M–$55.0M after Steam's cut $37.2M–$84.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	200k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card GameRoguelike Deckbuilder
Cards of the Dead 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$24k before Steam's cut	$7.99	106 reviews Mostly Positive	ControllerAction
Breachway 2024	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k 69x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $208k–$559k after Steam's cut $378k–$859k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessStrategy
Orcish Skies 2023	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $571–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$3.99	21 reviews Positive	Card BattlerTactical RPG
legions battle 2024	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	23 reviews Mixed	Early AccessRoguelike Deckbuilder
DINO MERCS 2024	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $715–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$6.99	15 reviews Mixed	Card GameRogue-lite