How much revenue did Ambasu make?

$14–$36 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ambasu sell?

Q: How many copies did Ambasu sell?

25 to 40 copies, based on its 1 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25–40; $14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before Steam's cut; from 1 review (1 user reviews); Only 1 review so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Ambasu and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ambasu's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 33k–138k

best case 170k (Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery)

Games like Ambasu

A typical game among these

≈ 33k–138k copies

≈ $209k–$1.0M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery at ≈ 129k–210k copies, ≈ $888k–$2.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 721 reviews in their first month; the range was 120 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Strategy RPG (6 of 8) and Tactical RPG (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Tactics + Multiple Endings, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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Ash of Gods: Redemption 2018	Est. copies ≈ 106k–172k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $726k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGSingleplayer
Mugen Souls 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $78k–$209k after Steam's cut $141k–$322k before Steam's cut	$19.99	290 reviews Mostly Positive	JRPGStrategy RPG
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Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery 2024	Est. copies ≈ 129k–210k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $888k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based TacticsMultiple Endings
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