How much revenue did Vlad the Impaler make?

Vlad the Impaler is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Vlad the Impaler sell?

Q: How many copies did Vlad the Impaler sell?

23k to 38k copies, based on its 415 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 23k–38k; from 415 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 Vlad the Impaler and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Vlad the Impaler's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–212k

best case 1.1M (Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut)

Games like Vlad the Impaler

A typical game among these

≈ 5k–212k copies

≈ $14k–$808k 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.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut at ≈ 856k–1.4M copies, ≈ $4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 70 reviews in their first month; the range was 16 to 4k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Choose Your Own Adventure (8 of 8) and Horror (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Choices Matter, priced around $18.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, 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 52 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 Princess — The Pristine Cut 2023	Est. copies ≈ 856k–1.4M 28x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelChoices Matter
Homicipher 2024	Est. copies ≈ 207k–336k 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $796k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$13.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorOtome
Mediterranea Inferno 2023	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $59k–$157k after Steam's cut $107k–$242k before Steam's cut	$14.99	573 reviews Very Positive	LGBTQ+Choose Your Own Adventure
Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut	$2.99	100 reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterSimulation
The Test: Hypothesis Rising 2020	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $80k–$216k after Steam's cut $146k–$332k before Steam's cut	$1.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationMultiple Endings
Fateweaver: Smash or Pass 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$2.99	81 reviews Very Positive	SimulationChoices Matter
Fledgling Manor 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $14k–$36k after Steam's cut $25k–$56k before Steam's cut	$11.75	169 reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelVampire
Disturbed 2016	Est. copies ≈ 78k–127k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayHorror