How much revenue did Heroes of Time make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Heroes of Time sell?

Q: How many copies did Heroes of Time sell?

918 to 1k copies, based on its 37 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 918–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut; from 37 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 Heroes of Time out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Heroes of Time's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 236k–513k

best case 772k (Eternal Senia)

Games like Heroes of Time

The middle of these games

≈ 236k–513k copies

≈ $665k–$3.8M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Eternal Senia at ≈ 588k–956k copies.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on JRPG (6 of 8) and Fantasy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Anime + Female Protagonist.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2017, 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 43 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).

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