How much revenue did Pawnbarian make?

$61k–$164k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pawnbarian sell?

Q: How many copies did Pawnbarian sell?

22k to 36k copies, based on its 897 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–36k; $61k–$164k after Steam's cut $111k–$253k before the cut; from 897 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 Pawnbarian out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pawnbarian's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 505–3k

best case 8.8M (Darkest Dungeon®)

Games like Pawnbarian

The middle of these games

≈ 505–3k copies

≈ $1k–$8k after Steam's cut

from ~48 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Darkest Dungeon® at ≈ 6.7M–10.9M copies, ≈ $46.2M–$124.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 19 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4 to 80.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rogue-like (6 of 8) and Chess (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Dark Fantasy, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Dark Fantasy + RPG + Lovecraftian; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 52 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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Darkest Dungeon® 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M 3365x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.2M–$124.2M after Steam's cut $84.0M–$191.0M before the cut	$24.99	162k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based CombatDark Fantasy
Boat Train 2022	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $41–$109 after Steam's cut $74–$168 before the cut	$0.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	StrategyRogue-like
Chess Survivors 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before the cut	$4.99	162 reviews Very Positive	Rogue-lite Bullet Hell
Petrified Pawns 2025	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $899–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$5.99	22 reviews Positive	Turn-Based TacticsChess
Dice Assassin 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut	$2.99	98 reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-likeCard Battler
WizardChess 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before the cut	$14.99	92 reviews Mostly Positive	Pixel GraphicsBoard Game
Grandmaster's Revenge 2023	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $490–$1k after Steam's cut $891–$2k before the cut	$7.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	ChessTurn-Based Tactics
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