How much revenue did Lakeview Valley make?

$90k–$243k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lakeview Valley sell?

Q: How many copies did Lakeview Valley sell?

22k to 36k copies, based on its 762 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–36k; $90k–$243k after Steam's cut $164k–$374k before Steam's cut; from 762 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 Lakeview Valley and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lakeview Valley's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 265k–663k

best case 9.3M (Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition)

Games like Lakeview Valley

A typical game among these

≈ 265k–663k copies

≈ $4.0M–$10.0M after Steam's cut

from ~11k 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: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition at ≈ 7.1M–11.5M copies, ≈ $87.8M–$236.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 11 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share CRPG (5 of 8) and Tactical RPG (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tactical RPG + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $45.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.5M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $87.8M–$236.1M after Steam's cut $159.6M–$363.2M before Steam's cut	$44.99	206k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tactical RPGRPG
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children 2020	Est. copies ≈ 246k–399k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	CRPGTactical RPG
Pathologic 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 352k–572k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.0M before Steam's cut	$34.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Story RichAtmospheric
Expeditions: Rome 2022	Est. copies ≈ 169k–274k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.6M before Steam's cut	$44.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RPGStrategy
Waste Walkers 2015	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $48k–$108k before Steam's cut	$8.99	217 reviews Very Positive	Choose Your Own AdventureCharacter Customization
Wasteland 3 2020	Est. copies ≈ 557k–904k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	22k reviews Very Positive	CRPGCharacter Customization
King Arthur: Knight's Tale 2022	Est. copies ≈ 188k–305k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$44.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics
Castle of Mist 2025	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $442–$1k after Steam's cut $803–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	13 reviews Positive	Social DeductionStrategy RPG