How much revenue did Gnomes and Knights make?

$14k–$39k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gnomes and Knights sell?

Q: How many copies did Gnomes and Knights sell?

10k to 17k copies, based on its 422 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–17k; $14k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$59k before Steam's cut; from 422 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 Gnomes and Knights and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gnomes and Knights's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 41k–253k

best case 431k (Still Wakes the Deep)

Games like Gnomes and Knights

A typical game among these

≈ 41k–253k copies

≈ $84k–$689k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Still Wakes the Deep at ≈ 328k–533k copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 414 reviews in their first month; the range was 261 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Horror (5 of 8) and Psychological Horror (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Horror, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, 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 61 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
Montaro 2016	Est. copies ≈ 506k–823k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $138k–$371k after Steam's cut $251k–$570k before Steam's cut	$0.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MemesCute
Super 3-D Noah's Ark 2015	Est. copies ≈ 45k–72k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $122k–$329k after Steam's cut $223k–$506k before Steam's cut	$9.99	913 reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Lust for Darkness 2018	Est. copies ≈ 148k–240k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $610k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	5k reviews Mixed	Sexual ContentNudity
[Chilla's Art] Night Security \| 夜間警備 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $55k–$147k after Steam's cut $99k–$226k before Steam's cut	$7.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
[Chilla's Art] Night Delivery \| 例外配達 2021	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $28k–$74k after Steam's cut $50k–$114k before Steam's cut	$2.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieHorror
Cloud Climber 2021	Est. copies ≈ 103k–167k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayWalking Simulator
Still Wakes the Deep 2024	Est. copies ≈ 328k–533k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$34.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Psychological Horror Horror
Cursed Digicam \| 呪われたデジカメ 2025	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $36k–$98k after Steam's cut $66k–$150k before Steam's cut	$7.99	667 reviews Mostly Positive	Psychological Horror Horror