How much revenue did Guardian of Lore make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Guardian of Lore sell?

Q: How many copies did Guardian of Lore sell?

868 to 1k copies, based on its 35 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 868–1k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut; from 35 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 Guardian of Lore out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Guardian of Lore's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–37k

best case 373k (Reventure)

Games like Guardian of Lore

The middle of these games

≈ 6k–37k copies

≈ $21k–$227k after Steam's cut

from ~255 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: Reventure at ≈ 284k–462k copies, ≈ $964k–$2.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 53 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 12 to 339.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Choose Your Own Adventure (5 of 8) and Exploration (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Multiple Endings + Comedy, priced around $12.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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
Reventure 2019	Est. copies ≈ 284k–462k 39x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $964k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$12.34	10k reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Toki Tori 2+ 2013	Est. copies ≈ 70k–113k 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $287k–$771k after Steam's cut $522k–$1.2M before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerChoose Your Own Adventure
Soul Reaper 2020	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before the cut	$19.99	30 reviews Mixed	Creature CollectorLoot
Alluris 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$56k before the cut	$9.99	172 reviews Very Positive	CasualRPG
Control Craft 3 2016	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $19k–$52k after Steam's cut $35k–$80k before the cut	$4.99	337 reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationMetroidvania
Super Dungeon Maker 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $69k–$185k after Steam's cut $125k–$284k before the cut	$19.99	504 reviews Very Positive	ColorfulChoose Your Own Adventure
Other Worlds India 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$0.99	141 reviews Mixed	Choose Your Own AdventureMetroidvania
Earth Analog 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $15k–$41k after Steam's cut $28k–$63k before the cut	$19.99	112 reviews Mixed	SpaceExploration