How much revenue did Shady Knight make?

$131k–$352k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shady Knight sell?

Q: How many copies did Shady Knight sell?

24k to 39k copies, based on its 960 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–39k; $131k–$352k after Steam's cut $238k–$541k 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 Shady Knight out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shady Knight's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 85k–589k

best case 2.2M (Ghostrunner)

Games like Shady Knight

The middle of these games

≈ 85k–589k copies

≈ $497k–$5.8M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Ghostrunner at ≈ 1.7M–2.7M copies, ≈ $13.6M–$36.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 329 to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (5 of 8) and Hack and Slash (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cyberpunk + Fast-Paced, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 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
Until You Fall 2020	Est. copies ≈ 82k–133k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $564k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before the cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	VRSwordplay
Ghostrunner 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M 10x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.6M–$36.7M after Steam's cut $24.8M–$56.4M before the cut	$29.99	67k reviews Very Positive	ActionCyberpunk
Ghostrunner 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 285k–463k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.0M before the cut	$39.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	CyberpunkAction
Pirates Vikings & Knights II 2010	Est. copies ≈ 399k–649k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
IKEA VR Pancake Kitchen 2017	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	369 reviews Mostly Positive	HentaiPsychedelic
PERISH 2023	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $76k–$205k after Steam's cut $139k–$316k before the cut	$19.99	560 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionViolent
GunZ 2: The Second Duel 2014	Est. copies ≈ 596k–968k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayAction
Sword With Sauce 2018	Est. copies ≈ 196k–319k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $270k–$725k after Steam's cut $490k–$1.1M before the cut	$4.99	6k reviews Very Positive	ActionParkour