How much revenue did Last Epoch make?

$28.3M–$76.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Last Epoch sell?

Q: How many copies did Last Epoch sell?

2.9M to 4.8M copies, based on its 118k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2.9M–4.8M; $28.3M–$76.0M after Steam's cut $51.4M–$116.9M before Steam's cut; from 118k 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 Last Epoch and predicted how it would do from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Last Epoch's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.2M–5.6M

best case 7.4M (Path of Exile 2)

Games like Last Epoch

A typical game among these

≈ 3.2M–5.6M copies

≈ $39.3M–$67.5M after Steam's cut

from ~79k 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 3 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Path of Exile 2 at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $46.4M–$124.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action RPG (3 of 3) and Hack and Slash (3 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Hack and Slash, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 1 of the 3 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Path of Exile 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $46.4M–$124.6M after Steam's cut $84.3M–$191.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	227k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RPGHack and Slash
Diablo® IV 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $26.8M–$72.1M after Steam's cut $48.8M–$111.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	79k reviews Mixed	Action RPGHack and Slash
Torchlight II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.8M–$42.6M after Steam's cut $28.8M–$65.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	46k reviews Very Positive	RPGAction RPG