How much revenue did Magicka make?

$5.6M–$15.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Magicka sell?

Q: How many copies did Magicka sell?

2.1M to 3.3M copies, based on its 32k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.1M–3.3M; $5.6M–$15.1M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.3M before Steam's cut; from 32k 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 Magicka and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Magicka's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 817k–1.6M

best case 6.2M (DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED)

Games like Magicka

A typical game among these

≈ 817k–1.6M copies

≈ $9.4M–$9.8M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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 8 of the similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Fantasy (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED at ≈ 4.8M–7.7M copies, ≈ $52.3M–$140.6M 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 Fantasy (4 of 8) and Co-op (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Beat 'em up, priced around $27. The breakout hits carry 2D + Beat 'em up + Hack and Slash; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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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Castle Crashers® 2012	Est. copies ≈ 8.9M–14.5M 7.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.7M–$98.7M after Steam's cut $66.8M–$151.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2DOnline Co-Op
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 2022	Est. copies ≈ 615k–1000k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.6M after Steam's cut $9.2M–$21.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	25k reviews Mostly Positive	LootAdventure
Dungeons 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 644k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	19k reviews Very Positive	StrategyVillain Protagonist
Orcs Must Die! 3 2021	Est. copies ≈ 371k–603k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Co-op
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.7M 8.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $52.3M–$140.6M after Steam's cut $95.1M–$216.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	156k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy
Orcs Must Die! 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	20k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Co-op
Neverwinter 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.1M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMMORPG
LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™ 2012	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.1M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Very Positive	LEGOAdventure