How much revenue did Scarmonde make?

$22k–$59k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Scarmonde sell?

Q: How many copies did Scarmonde sell?

6k to 9k copies, based on its 230 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–9k; $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$91k before Steam's cut; from 230 reviews (Very 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 Scarmonde and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Scarmonde's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 44k–53k

best case 58k (Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk)

Games like Scarmonde

A typical game among these

≈ 44k–53k copies

≈ $440k–$927k 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.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk at ≈ 45k–72k copies, ≈ $612k–$1.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 377 reviews in their first month; the range was 221 to 509.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dungeon Crawler (8 of 8) and JRPG (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dungeon Crawler + Anime, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 1 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 52 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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Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 45k–72k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $612k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
Etrian Odyssey III HD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $212k–$569k after Steam's cut $385k–$875k before Steam's cut	$39.99	776 reviews Very Positive	RPGDungeon Crawler
Path of the Abyss 2025	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $32k–$87k after Steam's cut $59k–$134k before Steam's cut	$6.99	681 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessDungeon Crawler
Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia 2023	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $85k–$228k after Steam's cut $154k–$351k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Dungeon CrawlerTurn-Based Combat
Mary Skelter: Nightmares 2018	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $125k–$335k after Steam's cut $227k–$516k before Steam's cut	$24.99	597 reviews Very Positive	JRPG Dungeon Crawler
Etrian Odyssey HD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 36k–58k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $392k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $714k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
Stranger of Sword City 2016	Est. copies ≈ 27k–43k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $146k–$393k after Steam's cut $266k–$604k before Steam's cut	$19.99	639 reviews Mixed	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
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