How much revenue did SOULCALIBUR VI make?

$10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SOULCALIBUR VI sell?

Q: How many copies did SOULCALIBUR VI sell?

437k to 710k copies, based on its 14k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 437k–710k; $10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's cut $19.7M–$44.7M before Steam's cut; from 14k 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 SOULCALIBUR VI and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SOULCALIBUR VI's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.3M–4.3M

best case 9.9M (NARAKA: BLADEPOINT)

Games like SOULCALIBUR VI

A typical game among these

≈ 2.3M–4.3M copies

≈ $26.8M–$58.1M after Steam's cut

from ~80k 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.

Best case: NARAKA: BLADEPOINT at ≈ 7.5M–12.2M copies. 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 23k reviews in their first month; the range was 9k to 49k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Fighting (6 of 8) and Character Customization (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Battle Royale + Martial Arts. The breakout hits carry Battle Royale + Martial Arts + Female Protagonist; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 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

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NARAKA: BLADEPOINT 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	303k reviews Mostly Positive	Battle RoyaleMultiplayer
TEKKEN 7 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $36.2M–$97.2M after Steam's cut $65.7M–$149.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	96k reviews Very Positive	FightingAction
Mortal Kombat 11 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.1M–$124.0M after Steam's cut $83.8M–$190.7M before Steam's cut	$49.99	116k reviews Very Positive	FightingGore
DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.0M–$21.4M after Steam's cut $14.5M–$32.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	ActionRPG
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.7M–$36.7M after Steam's cut $24.8M–$56.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	60k reviews Very Positive	AnimeFighting
Street Fighter™ 6 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.8M–$58.7M after Steam's cut $39.7M–$90.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	80k reviews Very Positive	2D FighterFighting
MORDHAU 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.9M–$72.3M after Steam's cut $48.9M–$111.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	113k reviews Mostly Positive	MedievalMultiplayer
NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.5M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	57k reviews Very Positive	AnimeMultiplayer