How much revenue did The Quest make?

$62k–$166k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Quest sell?

Q: How many copies did The Quest sell?

23k to 37k copies, based on its 541 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 23k–37k; $62k–$166k after Steam's cut $112k–$256k before Steam's cut; from 541 reviews (Very 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 The Quest and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Quest's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 30k–56k

best case 559k (Legend of Grimrock)

Games like The Quest

A typical game among these

≈ 30k–56k copies

≈ $368k–$696k 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.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Legend of Grimrock at ≈ 426k–692k copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dungeon Crawler (8 of 8) and Grid-Based Movement (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dungeon Crawler + Grid-Based Movement, priced around $19. The breakout hits carry Party-Based RPG + Fantasy + Adventure; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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 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
Legend of Grimrock 2012	Est. copies ≈ 426k–692k 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
The Bard's Tale Trilogy 2018	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $196k–$526k after Steam's cut $356k–$809k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGDungeon Crawler
Legend of Grimrock 2 2014	Est. copies ≈ 229k–372k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$23.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
Etrian Odyssey III HD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $212k–$569k after Steam's cut $385k–$875k before Steam's cut	$39.99	776 reviews Very Positive	RPGDungeon Crawler
StarCrawlers 2017	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $170k–$457k after Steam's cut $309k–$703k before Steam's cut	$19.99	899 reviews Very Positive	RPGDungeon Crawler
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning 2019	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $332k–$892k after Steam's cut $603k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$59.99	698 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGDungeon Crawler
Etrian Odyssey HD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 36k–58k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $392k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $714k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 45k–72k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $612k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG