How much revenue did Ark of Charon make?

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

How many copies did Ark of Charon sell?

Q: How many copies did Ark of Charon sell?

10k to 17k copies, based on its 414 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–17k; $71k–$190k after Steam's cut $128k–$292k before Steam's cut; from 414 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 Ark of Charon and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ark of Charon's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 779k–1.4M

best case 1.4M (Kingdoms and Castles)

Games like Ark of Charon

A typical game among these

≈ 779k–1.4M copies

≈ $3.6M–$9.3M after Steam's cut

from ~19k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Kingdoms and Castles at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $6.0M–$16.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Building (5 of 8) and Base-Building (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Colony Sim, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2021, and none of them 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
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Bad North: Jotunn Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 436k–709k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	WargameVikings
Kingdom: Classic 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	23k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayStrategy
Mountain 2014	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $248k–$668k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$0.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
The Riftbreaker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 619k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.7M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingTower Defense
Kingdom: New Lands 2016	Est. copies ≈ 516k–839k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Survival
Craft The World 2014	Est. copies ≈ 961k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.5M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.8M before Steam's cut	$18.99	17k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MilitaryCity Builder