How much revenue did Black Legend make?

$29k–$78k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Black Legend sell?

Q: How many copies did Black Legend sell?

5k to 9k copies, based on its 212 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–9k; $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$120k before the cut; from 212 reviews (Mixed)

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 Black Legend out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Black Legend's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 492k–717k

best case 4.9M (XCOM: Enemy Unknown)

Games like Black Legend

The middle of these games

≈ 492k–717k copies

≈ $4.2M–$9.0M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: XCOM: Enemy Unknown at ≈ 3.7M–6.0M copies, ≈ $15.3M–$41.0M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Turn-Based (8 of 8) and Tactical (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Tactical, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Sci-fi + Aliens + Base-Building; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
XCOM: Enemy Unknown 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 7.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.3M–$41.0M after Steam's cut $27.7M–$63.1M before the cut	$14.99	59k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based StrategyTactical
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 215k–349k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.2M before the cut	$49.99	7k reviews Very Positive	StrategyAnime
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut 2014	Est. copies ≈ 454k–737k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.1M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.5M before the cut	$29.99	8k reviews Very Positive	RPGPost-apocalyptic
Tales of Maj'Eyal 2013	Est. copies ≈ 469k–762k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $902k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut	$6.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeRogue-like
Mordheim: City of the Damned 2015	Est. copies ≈ 411k–668k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before the cut	$19.99	8k reviews Mostly Positive	TacticalGames Workshop
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden 2018	Est. copies ≈ 624k–1.0M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.1M after Steam's cut $10.9M–$24.8M before the cut	$34.99	21k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
The Last Spell 2023	Est. copies ≈ 338k–550k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before the cut	$24.99	14k reviews Very Positive	StrategySingleplayer
The Banner Saga 2014	Est. copies ≈ 893k–1.5M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.4M before the cut	$24.99	16k reviews Very Positive	RPGTurn-Based