How much revenue did Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 make?

$94.2M–$253.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sell?

Q: How many copies did Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sell?

6.9M to 11.1M copies, based on its 276k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6.9M–11.1M; $94.2M–$253.3M after Steam's cut $171.3M–$389.6M before the cut; from 276k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–1.6M

best case 27.8M (Baldur's Gate 3)

Games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

The middle of these games

≈ 1.4M–1.6M copies

≈ $11.1M–$22.2M after Steam's cut

from ~44k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Baldur's Gate 3 at ≈ 21.2M–34.4M copies, ≈ $349.3M–$939.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 15k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 9k to 268k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Turn-Based Combat (6 of 8) and Story Rich (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Character Customization + Choices Matter, priced around $45. The breakout hits carry Character Customization + CRPG + Fantasy; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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 52 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Baldur's Gate 3 2023	Est. copies ≈ 21.2M–34.4M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $349.3M–$939.1M after Steam's cut $635.1M–$1444.8M before the cut	$59.99	854k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGCharacter Customization
For The King 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $7.3M–$19.6M after Steam's cut $13.3M–$30.2M before the cut	$19.99	44k reviews Very Positive	RPGOnline Co-Op
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.1M after Steam's cut $10.9M–$24.8M before the cut	$19.99	44k reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerAction RPG
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.5M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $87.4M–$235.0M after Steam's cut $158.9M–$361.6M before the cut	$44.99	205k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tactical RPGRPG
Temtem 2022	Est. copies ≈ 975k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before the cut	$44.99	39k reviews Very Positive	Co-opMultiplayer
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