How much revenue did Pharaonic make?

$52k–$141k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pharaonic sell?

Q: How many copies did Pharaonic sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 306 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $52k–$141k after Steam's cut $95k–$217k before Steam's cut; from 306 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 Pharaonic and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pharaonic's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.2M–6.3M

best case 24.1M (DARK SOULS™ III)

Games like Pharaonic

A typical game among these

≈ 2.2M–6.3M copies

≈ $24.2M–$79.6M after Steam's cut

from ~80k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: DARK SOULS™ III at ≈ 18.3M–29.8M copies, ≈ $302.7M–$813.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Souls-like (8 of 8) and Dark Fantasy (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Dark Fantasy, priced around $60.
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
DARK SOULS™ III 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18.3M–29.8M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $302.7M–$813.9M after Steam's cut $550.4M–$1252.2M before Steam's cut	$59.99	441k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy
No Rest for the Wicked 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.4M–$60.3M after Steam's cut $40.8M–$92.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	82k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessOpen World
TUNIC 2022	Est. copies ≈ 464k–753k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.3M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$15.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	19k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationPuzzle
DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	79k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeRPG
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.7M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $52.3M–$140.6M after Steam's cut $95.1M–$216.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	156k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy
Death's Door 2021	Est. copies ≈ 552k–897k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Very Positive	CuteSouls-like
DARK SOULS™ II 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $28.9M–$77.6M after Steam's cut $52.5M–$119.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	47k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeRPG
Lies of P 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $34.0M–$91.5M after Steam's cut $61.9M–$140.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	83k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeAction