How much revenue did Sorcerer King: Rivals make?

$94k–$253k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sorcerer King: Rivals sell?

Q: How many copies did Sorcerer King: Rivals sell?

17k to 28k copies, based on its 411 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–28k; $94k–$253k after Steam's cut $171k–$389k before Steam's cut; from 411 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 Sorcerer King: Rivals and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sorcerer King: Rivals's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28k–218k

best case 750k (Age of Wonders 4)

Games like Sorcerer King: Rivals

A typical game among these

≈ 28k–218k copies

≈ $391k–$2.8M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Age of Wonders 4 at ≈ 571k–929k copies, ≈ $7.9M–$21.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 8k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 4X (6 of 8) and Fantasy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 4X + Character Customization, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, 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 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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