How much revenue did 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan make?

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

How many copies did 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan sell?

Q: How many copies did 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan sell?

16k to 26k copies, based on its 474 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 16k–26k; $58k–$157k after Steam's cut $106k–$241k before Steam's cut; from 474 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 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 21k–38k

best case 137k (Agarest: Generations of War)

Games like 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan

A typical game among these

≈ 21k–38k copies

≈ $62k–$404k after Steam's cut

from ~873 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Agarest: Generations of War at ≈ 105k–170k copies, ≈ $431k–$1.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 202 reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 611.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share JRPG (8 of 8) and CRPG (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Tactical RPG, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 2 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 70 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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