How much revenue did Orcs Must Die! Unchained make?

Orcs Must Die! Unchained is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Orcs Must Die! Unchained sell?

Q: How many copies did Orcs Must Die! Unchained sell?

210k to 341k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 210k–341k; from 6k 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 Orcs Must Die! Unchained and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Orcs Must Die! Unchained's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–71k

best case 15.8M (Bloons TD 6)

Games like Orcs Must Die! Unchained

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–71k copies

≈ $17k–$187k after Steam's cut

from ~775 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: Bloons TD 6 at ≈ 12.0M–19.6M copies, ≈ $46.3M–$124.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share MOBA (6 of 8) and Co-op (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Co-op, priced around $14.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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).

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Bloons TD 6 2018	Est. copies ≈ 12.0M–19.6M 511x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.3M–$124.5M after Steam's cut $84.2M–$191.5M before Steam's cut	$13.99	396k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Monday Night Combat 2011	Est. copies ≈ 76k–124k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $105k–$282k after Steam's cut $190k–$433k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Hero ShooterAction
VOIDCRISIS 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $52k–$119k before Steam's cut	$29.99	141 reviews Mixed	WarAction RTS
Warriors Of Titus 2018	Est. copies ≈ 426–692 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$19.99	14 reviews Positive	ActionVR
Rise of Legions 2019	Est. copies ≈ 47k–76k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayStrategy
Bloodsports.TV 2015	Est. copies ≈ 33k–54k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $91k–$244k after Steam's cut $165k–$376k before Steam's cut	$9.99	678 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Dropzone 2017	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	872 reviews Mixed	Free to PlayStrategy
两体 2021	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $83–$221 after Steam's cut $150–$340 before Steam's cut	$5.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Early AccessCasual