How much revenue did Primal Reign make?

Primal Reign is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Primal Reign sell?

Q: How many copies did Primal Reign sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 59 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; from 59 reviews (Mostly 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 Primal Reign and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Primal Reign's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.0M–5.6M

best case 9.1M (Resident Evil 4)

Games like Primal Reign

A typical game among these

≈ 3.0M–5.6M copies

≈ $44.5M–$79.6M after Steam's cut

from ~117k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Resident Evil 4 at ≈ 7.0M–11.3M copies, ≈ $76.4M–$205.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 45k reviews in their first month; the range was 27k to 68k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share VR (6 of 8) and Gore (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Survival Horror, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of the 7 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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SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
Resident Evil 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.3M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $76.4M–$205.5M after Steam's cut $139.0M–$316.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	280k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorAction
Resident Evil Village 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $42.2M–$113.5M after Steam's cut $76.8M–$174.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	155k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Survival Horror Horror
Blade and Sorcery 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.2M after Steam's cut $23.1M–$52.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	62k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRSwordplay
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.1M–$64.9M after Steam's cut $43.9M–$99.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	128k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Half-Life: Alyx 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $43.2M–$116.1M after Steam's cut $78.5M–$178.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	106k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRFPS
Raptor: Cretaceous Island 2018	Est. copies ≈ 274–445 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $602–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$7.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	ActionAdventure
Primal Carnage: Onslaught 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$7.99	26 reviews Mixed	ActionIndie