How much revenue did Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince make?

$3.4M–$9.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince sell?

Q: How many copies did Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince sell?

413k to 671k copies, based on its 14k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 413k–671k; $3.4M–$9.2M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.1M before Steam's cut; from 14k 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 Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–6.2M

best case 38.8M (Portal 2)

Games like Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

A typical game among these

≈ 1.2M–6.2M copies

≈ $6.2M–$94.0M after Steam's cut

from ~51k 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: Portal 2 at ≈ 29.5M–48.0M copies, ≈ $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the range was 53 to 63k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (6 of 8) and Platformer (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2025, 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 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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Portal 2 2011	Est. copies ≈ 29.5M–48.0M 9.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $81.1M–$218.1M after Steam's cut $147.5M–$335.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	467k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Trine Enchanted Edition 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerBeautiful
PICO PARK 2021	Est. copies ≈ 744k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	30k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOnline Co-Op
Split Fiction 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.1M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $43.4M–$116.6M after Steam's cut $78.8M–$179.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	127k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opSplit Screen
BattleBlock Theater® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.8M–$45.3M after Steam's cut $30.6M–$69.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	73k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-op Platformer
Trine 2: Complete Story 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPlatformer
It Takes Two 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $73.7M–$198.3M after Steam's cut $134.1M–$305.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	270k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
BOKURA 2023	Est. copies ≈ 325k–528k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $490k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $892k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$5.49	13k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpAdventure