How much revenue did Viking Heroes 5 make?

$715–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Viking Heroes 5 sell?

Q: How many copies did Viking Heroes 5 sell?

372 to 605 copies, based on its 15 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 372–605; $715–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 15 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 Viking Heroes 5 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Viking Heroes 5's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–21k

best case 635k (ISLANDERS)

Games like Viking Heroes 5

A typical game among these

≈ 8k–21k copies

≈ $50k–$111k after Steam's cut

from ~474 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: ISLANDERS at ≈ 483k–786k copies, ≈ $663k–$1.8M 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 251 reviews in their first month; the range was 59 to 799.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (6 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Building, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Relaxing + Minimalist + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2025, and 2 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 36 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Landnama 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $45k–$122k after Steam's cut $82k–$187k before Steam's cut	$13.99	475 reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-lite Survival
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