How much revenue did Trailblader make?

$987–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Trailblader sell?

Q: How many copies did Trailblader sell?

719 to 1k copies, based on its 29 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 719–1k; $987–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 29 reviews (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 Trailblader and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trailblader's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 27k–84k

best case 128k (Legend Creatures(传奇生物))

Games like Trailblader

A typical game among these

≈ 27k–84k copies

≈ $116k–$691k 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: Legend Creatures(传奇生物) at ≈ 98k–159k copies, ≈ $134k–$361k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 836 reviews in their first month; the range was 350 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based Strategy (7 of 8) and 4X (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Exploration + Rogue-lite, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Thea: The Awakening 2015	Est. copies ≈ 184k–300k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
As Far As The Eye 2020	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $363k–$975k after Steam's cut $659k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyBuilding
Legendary Creatures 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $40k–$107k after Steam's cut $72k–$164k before Steam's cut	$5.99	970 reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationAuto Battler
Legend Creatures(传奇生物) 2020	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $134k–$361k after Steam's cut $244k–$556k before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationIndie
Conquest of Elysium 4 2015	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $190k–$511k after Steam's cut $346k–$787k before Steam's cut	$24.99	567 reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie
Conquest of Elysium 5 2021	Est. copies ≈ 50k–81k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $410k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $746k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based StrategyStrategy
Hero Generations 2015	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$48k after Steam's cut $33k–$74k before Steam's cut	$5.99	223 reviews Mixed	StrategyIndie
Deity Empires 2018	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $71k–$190k after Steam's cut $129k–$293k before Steam's cut	$24.99	339 reviews Very Positive	Strategy4X