How much revenue did Profiteer make?

$83–$221 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Profiteer sell?

Q: How many copies did Profiteer sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $83–$221 after Steam's cut $150–$340 before Steam's cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Only 2 reviews 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 Profiteer and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Profiteer's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–144k

best case 236k (Niche - a genetics survival game)

Games like Profiteer

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–144k copies

≈ $188k–$865k after Steam's cut

from ~949 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Niche - a genetics survival game at ≈ 180k–293k copies, ≈ $891k–$2.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 325 reviews in their first month; the range was 20 to 671.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based Strategy (6 of 8) and Board Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Puzzle, priced around $18.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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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Nemesis: Lockdown 2022	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $140k–$376k after Steam's cut $254k–$578k before Steam's cut	$24.99	820 reviews Mixed	Board GameMultiplayer
Munchkin Digital 2023	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $164k–$441k after Steam's cut $298k–$679k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	DragonsFunny
Nexus 5X 2024	Est. copies ≈ 24k–38k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $97k–$261k after Steam's cut $176k–$401k before Steam's cut	$14.99	949 reviews Very Positive	Board GameStrategy
Niche - a genetics survival game 2017	Est. copies ≈ 180k–293k 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $891k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$17.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based StrategyAdventure
Mahokenshi - The Samurai Deckbuilder 2023	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $106k–$286k after Steam's cut $193k–$440k before Steam's cut	$24.99	624 reviews Mostly Positive	Board GameTurn-Based Tactics
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