How much revenue did Chained Echoes make?

$1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Chained Echoes sell?

Q: How many copies did Chained Echoes sell?

201k to 326k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 201k–326k; $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before the cut; from 8k 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 Chained Echoes out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Chained Echoes's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 40k–557k

best case 734k (CrossCode)

Games like Chained Echoes

The middle of these games

≈ 40k–557k copies

≈ $243k–$5.9M 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.

3 of your 4 similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: CrossCode at ≈ 560k–909k copies, ≈ $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on JRPG (3 of 4) and Female Protagonist (2 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Female Protagonist, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 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
Rise of the Third Power 2022	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $81k–$218k after Steam's cut $147k–$335k before the cut	$19.99	594 reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition 2023	Est. copies ≈ 379k–617k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.8M after Steam's cut $6.6M–$15.1M before the cut	$34.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsJRPG
Cosmic Star Heroine 2017	Est. copies ≈ 36k–59k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $149k–$400k after Steam's cut $271k–$616k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	JRPGRPG
CrossCode 2018	Est. copies ≈ 560k–909k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.7M before the cut	$19.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Action RPGPixel Graphics