How much revenue did KNIGHTS make?

$9k–$25k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did KNIGHTS sell?

Q: How many copies did KNIGHTS sell?

34k to 56k copies, based on its 827 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 34k–56k; $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before Steam's cut; from 827 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 KNIGHTS and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including KNIGHTS's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 798–927

best case 109k (Just Go)

Games like KNIGHTS

A typical game among these

≈ 798–927 copies

≈ $613–$3k after Steam's cut

from ~27 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Just Go at ≈ 83k–135k copies, ≈ $228k–$612k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 13 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 653.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Board Game (5 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Board Game, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Strategy + Multiplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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 52 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
Just Go 2022	Est. copies ≈ 83k–135k 126x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $228k–$612k after Steam's cut $414k–$941k before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	CasualSimulation
Dream Sketcher 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 19x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $41k–$109k after Steam's cut $74k–$168k before Steam's cut	$11.99	496 reviews Mixed	RPGChoices Matter
Switchball HD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 7.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $17k–$46k after Steam's cut $31k–$71k before Steam's cut	$12.99	194 reviews Very Positive	ArcadePhysics
Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $93k–$212k before Steam's cut	$15.99	280 reviews Mostly Positive	ChessStrategy
Jessie 'Boom' James - a jigsaw chess tale 2021	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $312–$839 after Steam's cut $567–$1k before Steam's cut	$1.99	23 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualWestern
ByteBurst: Hacking Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $407–$1k after Steam's cut $740–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	30 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationStrategy
Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale 2021	Est. copies ≈ 620–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $339–$913 after Steam's cut $617–$1k before Steam's cut	$1.99	25 reviews Positive	CasualNinja
Masters of Puzzle 2020	Est. copies ≈ 694–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before Steam's cut	$24.99	28 reviews Positive	Immersive Sim Puzzle