How much revenue did Waltz of the Wizard make?

$152k–$409k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Waltz of the Wizard sell?

Q: How many copies did Waltz of the Wizard sell?

28k to 45k copies, based on its 960 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 28k–45k; $152k–$409k after Steam's cut $276k–$629k before the cut; from 960 reviews (Very 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 Waltz of the Wizard out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Waltz of the Wizard's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 931–40k

best case 2.0M (Blade and Sorcery)

Games like Waltz of the Wizard

The middle of these games

≈ 931–40k copies

≈ $9k–$839k after Steam's cut

from ~151 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Blade and Sorcery at ≈ 1.5M–2.5M copies, ≈ $12.7M–$34.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 76 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 9 to 49k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on VR (8 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Swordplay, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 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 38 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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