How much revenue did Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition make?

$685k–$1.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition sell?

100k to 162k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 100k–162k; $685k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before the cut; from 3k 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 Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 16k–341k

best case 823k (Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs)

The Exploration genre

5 of your 8 similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 16k–341k copies

≈ $376k–$3.1M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

Best case

≈ 627k–1.0M copies

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs · ≈ $3.4M–$9.3M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

The launch: The games that made it here had roughly 38 to 2k reviews in their first month.; Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (5 of 8) and Lovecraftian (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Walking Simulator, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2025, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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