How much revenue did Pillars of Eternity make?

$10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pillars of Eternity sell?

Q: How many copies did Pillars of Eternity sell?

1.3M to 2.1M copies, based on its 26k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.3M–2.1M; $10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.6M before Steam's cut; from 26k 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 Pillars of Eternity and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pillars of Eternity's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–3.6M

best case 9.3M (Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition)

Games like Pillars of Eternity

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–3.6M copies

≈ $10.0M–$56.3M after Steam's cut

from ~37k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Fantasy (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition at ≈ 7.1M–11.5M copies, ≈ $87.8M–$236.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fantasy (4 of 8) and Isometric (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tactical RPG + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $45.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2023, 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
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.8M–$47.8M after Steam's cut $32.3M–$73.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	RPGTurn-Based
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.5M 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $87.8M–$236.1M after Steam's cut $159.6M–$363.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	206k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tactical RPGRPG
Bastion 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.0M–$26.8M after Steam's cut $18.1M–$41.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	38k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackIndie
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire 2018	Est. copies ≈ 611k–993k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.0M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	RPGParty-Based RPG
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.8M after Steam's cut $10.7M–$24.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	35k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGParty-Based RPG
Children of Morta 2019	Est. copies ≈ 674k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.9M before Steam's cut	$21.99	23k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRogue-like
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.7M–$112.0M after Steam's cut $75.8M–$172.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	132k reviews Very Positive	RPGStory Rich
Diablo® IV 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $26.8M–$72.1M after Steam's cut $48.8M–$111.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	79k reviews Mixed	Action RPGHack and Slash