How much revenue did Krater make?

$245k–$660k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Krater sell?

Q: How many copies did Krater sell?

60k to 97k copies, based on its 942 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 60k–97k; $245k–$660k after Steam's cut $446k–$1.0M before Steam's cut; from 942 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 Krater and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Krater's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–920k

best case 6.0M (Grim Dawn)

Games like Krater

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–920k copies

≈ $25k–$8.1M 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: Grim Dawn at ≈ 4.6M–7.4M copies, ≈ $31.4M–$84.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 337 reviews in their first month; the range was 40 to 29k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Loot (5 of 8) and Action RPG (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Hack and Slash, priced around $25.
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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Grim Dawn 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.4M 89x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $31.4M–$84.5M after Steam's cut $57.2M–$130.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	110k reviews Very Positive	Action RPGHack and Slash
Borderlands Game of the Year 2023	Est. copies ≈ 791k–1.3M 26x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.5M after Steam's cut $11.9M–$27.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	Looter ShooterFPS
I Shall Remain 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$90k before Steam's cut	$9.99	163 reviews Mixed	IndieRPG
SurrounDead 2022	Est. copies ≈ 671k–1.1M 22x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut	$11.99	27k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesSurvival
Medievalien 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	70 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessAction
Unending Dusk 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$9.99	68 reviews Mixed	Action RPGBeat 'em up
Herd is Coming 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $463–$1k after Steam's cut $841–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	59 reviews Mixed	RPGOpen World
HELLGATE: London 2018	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $252k–$677k after Steam's cut $458k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$12.99	2k reviews Mixed	RPGAction