How much revenue did City of Chains make?

$42k–$112k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did City of Chains sell?

Q: How many copies did City of Chains sell?

17k to 27k copies, based on its 344 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–27k; $42k–$112k after Steam's cut $75k–$172k before Steam's cut; from 344 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 City of Chains and predicted how it would do from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including City of Chains's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.1M–2.5M

best case 5.8M (Stray)

Games like City of Chains

A typical game among these

≈ 2.1M–2.5M copies

≈ $12.3M–$26.8M after Steam's cut

from ~39k 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 5 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Stray at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $36.6M–$98.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cyberpunk (5 of 5) and Sci-fi (3 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cats + Cyberpunk, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2022, 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 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
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition 2007	Est. copies ≈ 992k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$6.99	16k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkRPG
Stray 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.6M–$98.3M after Steam's cut $66.5M–$151.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	179k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsAdventure
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	30k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkStealth
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CyberpunkVisual Novel
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.5M–$39.1M after Steam's cut $26.4M–$60.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	42k reviews Mostly Positive	CyberpunkStealth