How much revenue did Sundered®: Eldritch Edition make?

$979k–$2.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sundered®: Eldritch Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Sundered®: Eldritch Edition sell?

178k to 290k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 178k–290k; $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 Sundered®: Eldritch Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sundered®: Eldritch Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 24k–1.3M

best case 7.3M (Dead Cells)

Games like Sundered®: Eldritch Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 24k–1.3M copies

≈ $227k–$9.1M after Steam's cut

from ~15k 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: Dead Cells at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 14k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Metroidvania (5 of 8) and Lovecraftian (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Metroidvania, priced around $25.
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).

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Dead Cells 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut $69.8M–$158.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	184k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureAction Roguelike
Depths of Sanity 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $17k–$40k before Steam's cut	$14.99	94 reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaUnderwater
BlazBlue Entropy Effect 2024	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	37k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction-Adventure
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CARRION 2020	Est. copies ≈ 895k–1.5M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	Villain ProtagonistPixel Graphics
ICEY 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.5M before Steam's cut	$10.99	28k reviews Very Positive	ActionFemale Protagonist
Source of Madness 2022	Est. copies ≈ 39k–64k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $216k–$581k after Steam's cut $393k–$893k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	Rogue-liteLovecraftian