How much revenue did The Use of Life make?

An estimated 105k to 283k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Use of Life sell?

Q: How many copies did The Use of Life sell?

An estimated 19k to 31k copies, based on its 797 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19k–31k; $105k–$283k net $191k–$435k gross; from 797 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 The Use of Life out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Use of Life's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 66k–103k

best case 1.4M (Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader)

The RPG lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 66k copies, with a few that break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 66k copies

≈ $674k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.4M copies

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · ≈ $27.9M after Steam's cut

from 46k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

5 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 3 are breakout hits far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Singleplayer + Action RPG, priced around $20.
The breakout hits carry Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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