How much revenue did Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition make?

$85k–$230k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition sell?

31k to 51k copies, based on its 904 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 31k–51k; $85k–$230k after Steam's cut $155k–$353k before Steam's cut; from 904 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 Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 30k–86k

best case 252k (Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery)

Games like Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Collector's Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 30k–86k copies

≈ $131k–$414k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery at ≈ 192k–312k copies, ≈ $685k–$1.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 200 reviews in their first month; the range was 33 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (7 of 8) and Hidden Object (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Puzzle, priced around $13.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery 2021	Est. copies ≈ 192k–312k 7.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $685k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$12.99	8k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericSingleplayer
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $70k–$189k after Steam's cut $128k–$291k before Steam's cut	$9.99	842 reviews Very Positive	AdventureCasual
Adventure Escape Mysteries 2020	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayEscape Room
Portal of Evil: Stolen Runes Collector's Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $100k–$269k after Steam's cut $182k–$414k before Steam's cut	$14.99	498 reviews Very Positive	CasualHidden Object
Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $38k–$101k after Steam's cut $69k–$156k before Steam's cut	$9.99	553 reviews Very Positive	Escape RoomHidden Object
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark 2021	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $207k–$558k after Steam's cut $377k–$858k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsDetective
When The Past Was Around 2020	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $242k–$650k after Steam's cut $440k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$7.99	4k reviews Very Positive	CuteHidden Object
The Star Named EOS 2024	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $72k–$194k after Steam's cut $131k–$298k before Steam's cut	$14.99	705 reviews Very Positive	AnimeFirst-Person