How much revenue did Talisman: Origins (Classic) make?

$12k–$32k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Talisman: Origins (Classic) sell?

Q: How many copies did Talisman: Origins (Classic) sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 249 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $21k–$49k before the cut; from 249 reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Talisman: Origins (Classic) out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Talisman: Origins (Classic)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 124k–439k

best case 1.0M (Armello)

Games like Talisman: Origins (Classic)

The middle of these games

≈ 124k–439k copies

≈ $1.2M–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Armello at ≈ 783k–1.3M copies, ≈ $5.4M–$14.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 548 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Board Game (8 of 8) and Tabletop (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Board Game + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2024, and 2 of your 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 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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