How much revenue did Vandals make?

$4k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Vandals sell?

Q: How many copies did Vandals sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 107 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut; from 107 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 Vandals and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Vandals's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 48k–169k

best case 896k (Into the Breach)

Games like Vandals

A typical game among these

≈ 48k–169k copies

≈ $368k–$1.2M 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Into the Breach at ≈ 682k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 846 reviews in their first month; the range was 544 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based Tactics (5 of 8) and Puzzle (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Turn-Based Tactics, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 3 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 52 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
Into the Breach 2018	Est. copies ≈ 682k–1.1M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	22k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales 2023	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $291k–$782k after Steam's cut $529k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	AdventureSingleplayer
TerraScape 2024	Est. copies ≈ 56k–91k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $230k–$618k after Steam's cut $418k–$951k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerCo-op
Tactical Breach Wizards 2024	Est. copies ≈ 303k–492k 6.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Turn-Based Tactics Puzzle
Slayaway Camp 2016	Est. copies ≈ 38k–62k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $95k–$255k after Steam's cut $172k–$392k before Steam's cut	$8.99	922 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SokobanTurn-Based Tactics
GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena 2019	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $109k–$293k after Steam's cut $198k–$450k before Steam's cut	$14.99	917 reviews Very Positive	StrategyArtificial Intelligence
Rogue Waters 2024	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $269k–$724k after Steam's cut $489k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics
Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest 2019	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $277k–$744k after Steam's cut $503k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Turn-BasedStrategy