How much revenue did Crystal Rift make?

$15k–$41k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Crystal Rift sell?

Q: How many copies did Crystal Rift sell?

6k to 9k copies, based on its 133 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–9k; $15k–$41k after Steam's cut $28k–$63k before Steam's cut; from 133 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–149k

best case 559k (Legend of Grimrock)

Games like Crystal Rift

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–149k copies

≈ $19k–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~357 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: Legend of Grimrock at ≈ 426k–692k copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 74 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 2k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fantasy (7 of 8) and Dungeon Crawler (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dungeon Crawler + Grid-Based Movement, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 1 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 79 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
Legend of Grimrock 2 2014	Est. copies ≈ 229k–372k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$23.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
Operencia: The Stolen Sun 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $120k–$322k after Steam's cut $218k–$495k before Steam's cut	$29.99	585 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieDungeon Crawler
Legendary Tales 2024	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $825k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	VROnline Co-Op
Table of Tales: The Crooked Crown 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $17k–$47k after Steam's cut $32k–$72k before Steam's cut	$19.99	128 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureRPG
Legend of Grimrock 2012	Est. copies ≈ 426k–692k 19x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
Dungeon Hero 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	104 reviews Mixed	RPGCasual
KryptCrawler 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$7.99	41 reviews Mixed	ActionAdventure
Tabletop Warriors 2023	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $511–$1k after Steam's cut $929–$2k before Steam's cut	$14.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	RPGDungeon Crawler