How much revenue did Story of a Gladiator make?

$19k–$51k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Story of a Gladiator sell?

Q: How many copies did Story of a Gladiator sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 217 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $19k–$51k after Steam's cut $34k–$78k before Steam's cut; from 217 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 Story of a Gladiator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Story of a Gladiator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–4k

best case 3.8M (MultiVersus)

Games like Story of a Gladiator

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–4k copies

≈ $5k–$17k after Steam's cut

from ~68 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: MultiVersus at ≈ 2.9M–4.7M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 16 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 60k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Fighter (5 of 8) and Beat 'em up (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2D Fighter + Co-op, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Cartoon; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, and none of them 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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MultiVersus 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M 1718x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	116k reviews Mostly Positive	Multiplayer2D Fighter
Swords and Sandals 2 Redux 2017	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k 8.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$228k before Steam's cut	$9.99	584 reviews Mostly Positive	2D FighterTurn-Based Combat
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 1310x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.1M–$124.0M after Steam's cut $83.8M–$190.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	88k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Bloodbath 2014	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$7.99	54 reviews Mostly Negative	ActionSports
GLADIUM 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$5.99	81 reviews Mostly Positive	Fast-PacedUnforgiving
For Sparta 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $624–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$1.99	46 reviews Positive	Action RoguelikeHack and Slash
ShovelBear 2022	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$110 after Steam's cut $74–$169 before Steam's cut	$1.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Action2D Fighter
Asterix & Obelix Slap Them All! 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$48k after Steam's cut $33k–$74k before Steam's cut	$24.99	105 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionBeat 'em up