How much revenue did RiME make?

$1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did RiME sell?

Q: How many copies did RiME sell?

179k to 290k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 179k–290k; $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before the cut; from 5k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left RiME out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including RiME's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 231k–525k

best case 12.1M (Hogwarts Legacy)

Games like RiME

The middle of these games

≈ 231k–525k copies

≈ $2.0M–$4.3M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Hogwarts Legacy at ≈ 9.2M–15.0M copies, ≈ $152.1M–$408.9M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 487 to 171k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (6 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Exploration, priced around $50. The breakout hits carry Open World + Magic + RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 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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Hogwarts Legacy 2023	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 47x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $152.1M–$408.9M after Steam's cut $276.5M–$629.1M before the cut	$59.99	372k reviews Very Positive	MagicOpen World
We Were Here Forever 2022	Est. copies ≈ 466k–758k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.5M before the cut	$17.99	19k reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomOnline Co-Op
Hob 2017	Est. copies ≈ 193k–313k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before the cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction
Monument Valley 2022	Est. copies ≈ 219k–356k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $481k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $875k–$2.0M before the cut	$7.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.2M 22x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $55.5M–$149.2M after Steam's cut $100.9M–$229.5M before the cut	$39.99	175k reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventureSouls-like
TUNIC 2022	Est. copies ≈ 460k–748k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.2M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.7M before the cut	$29.99	19k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationPuzzle
Jusant 2023	Est. copies ≈ 171k–277k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.9M before the cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericParkour
What Never Was 2019	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayAdventure