How much revenue did Despotism 3k make?

$256k–$689k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Despotism 3k sell?

Q: How many copies did Despotism 3k sell?

117k to 190k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 117k–190k; $256k–$689k after Steam's cut $466k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Despotism 3k and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Despotism 3k's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–1.5M

best case 4.6M (MiSide)

Games like Despotism 3k

A typical game among these

≈ 14k–1.5M copies

≈ $10k–$9.1M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: MiSide at ≈ 3.5M–5.8M copies, ≈ $14.6M–$39.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 592 reviews in their first month; the range was 45 to 64k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dark Humor (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Story Rich, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, 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 38 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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