How many copies did Tafl Champions: Ancient Chess sell?

546 to 887 copies, based on its 22 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Tafl Champions: Ancient Chess make?

Tafl Champions: Ancient Chess is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Tafl Champions: Ancient Chess?

Estimated owners: ≈ 546–887; from 22 reviews (Mixed)

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 Tafl Champions: Ancient Chess out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tafl Champions: Ancient Chess's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–12k

best case 19k (The Conquest of Go)

Games like Tafl Champions: Ancient Chess

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–12k copies

≈ $21k–$84k after Steam's cut

from ~229 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Conquest of Go at ≈ 14k–23k copies, ≈ $60k–$160k 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 6 to 499.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Board Game (8 of 8) and Tabletop (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based + Board Game, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2025, and 2 of your 8 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 38 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
Pic-Me! 2024	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$85k before the cut	$6.99	429 reviews Very Positive	TabletopFunny
Undaunted Normandy 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	107 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyBoard Game
ChessCraft 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$5.99	85 reviews Very Positive	ChessArtificial Intelligence
The Conquest of Go 2025	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $60k–$160k after Steam's cut $108k–$246k before the cut	$14.99	582 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessTurn-Based
Roll Player - The Board Game 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before the cut	$14.99	193 reviews Very Positive	Board GameStrategy
Raiders of the North Sea 2019	Est. copies ≈ 8k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $31k–$85k after Steam's cut $57k–$130k before the cut	$14.99	265 reviews Very Positive	StrategyIndie
Jolly Battle 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$1.99	99 reviews Very Positive	CasualBoard Game
Gaia Project 2021	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $62k–$166k after Steam's cut $112k–$255k before the cut	$24.99	362 reviews Very Positive	StrategyCasual