How much revenue did Potentia make?

$58k–$157k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Potentia sell?

Q: How many copies did Potentia sell?

11k to 17k copies, based on its 428 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 11k–17k; $58k–$157k after Steam's cut $106k–$241k before Steam's cut; from 428 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 Potentia and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Potentia's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.2M–3.5M

best case 125.7M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

Games like Potentia

A typical game among these

≈ 2.2M–3.5M copies

≈ $31.5M–$47.2M after Steam's cut

from ~65k 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: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at ≈ 95.8M–155.7M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Shooter (7 of 8) and Stealth (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 95.8M–155.7M 43x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.8M reviews Mixed	SurvivalShooter
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.4M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $54.5M–$146.6M after Steam's cut $99.2M–$225.6M before Steam's cut	$49.99	115k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldShooter
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.1M–$78.2M after Steam's cut $52.9M–$120.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	108k reviews Very Positive	StealthOpen World
HITMAN™ 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M too small to compare SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	37k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
Hitman: Absolution™ 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.2M–$59.6M after Steam's cut $40.3M–$91.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	64k reviews Very Positive	StealthAction
GTFO 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $18.2M–$49.1M after Steam's cut $33.2M–$75.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	67k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpHorror
Sniper Elite 4 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $35.9M–$96.6M after Steam's cut $65.4M–$148.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	63k reviews Very Positive	SniperAction
PAYDAY 3 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.5M–$36.3M after Steam's cut $24.6M–$55.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	66k reviews Mixed	HeistCo-op