How much revenue did Shadwen make?

$267k–$718k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shadwen sell?

Q: How many copies did Shadwen sell?

57k to 93k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 57k–93k; $267k–$718k after Steam's cut $486k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Shadwen and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shadwen's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 163k–985k

best case 3.7M (Dishonored 2)

Games like Shadwen

A typical game among these

≈ 163k–985k copies

≈ $391k–$11.4M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Dishonored 2 at ≈ 2.8M–4.5M copies, ≈ $23.0M–$61.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Assassin (8 of 8) and Stealth (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Stealth + First-Person, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, and 2 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).

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Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 461k–749k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.2M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
Pretty Agent 2024	Est. copies ≈ 967–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$4.99	39 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGAction
Velvet Assassin 2009	Est. copies ≈ 162k–264k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $268k–$719k after Steam's cut $486k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$5.99	3k reviews Mixed	StealthAction
Dishonored 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.5M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $23.0M–$61.8M after Steam's cut $41.8M–$95.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	67k reviews Very Positive	StealthFirst-Person
Ereban: Shadow Legacy 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $46k–$124k after Steam's cut $84k–$190k before Steam's cut	$19.99	337 reviews Very Positive	Stealth3D Platformer
Assassin's Creed® Syndicate 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 9.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.4M–$35.9M after Steam's cut $24.3M–$55.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	33k reviews Very Positive	AssassinOpen World
Assassin’s Creed® Chronicles: China 2015	Est. copies ≈ 191k–310k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $524k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $954k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	AssassinStealth
Assassin’s Creed® Liberation HD 2014	Est. copies ≈ 185k–300k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mixed	ActionFemale Protagonist