How much revenue did Nuclear Mages make?

$487–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nuclear Mages sell?

Q: How many copies did Nuclear Mages sell?

422 to 685 copies, based on its 17 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 422–685; $487–$1k after Steam's cut $886–$2k before the cut; from 17 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 Nuclear Mages out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nuclear Mages's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–3.6M

best case 24.0M (DARK SOULS™ III)

Games like Nuclear Mages

The middle of these games

≈ 12k–3.6M copies

≈ $10k–$31.0M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: DARK SOULS™ III at ≈ 18.3M–29.7M copies, ≈ $301.6M–$810.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 12k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (8 of 8) and Souls-like (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Dark Fantasy, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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 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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DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 44x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	79k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeRPG
DARK SOULS™ III 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18.3M–29.7M 244x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $301.6M–$810.8M after Steam's cut $548.3M–$1247.4M before the cut	$59.99	439k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy
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Lies of P 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M 45x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $33.4M–$89.7M after Steam's cut $60.7M–$138.1M before the cut	$59.99	82k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeAction
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise 2022	Est. copies ≈ 56k–90k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $229k–$616k after Steam's cut $416k–$947k before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeExploration
Guardians of the Ashes 2020	Est. copies ≈ 11k–19k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before the cut	$2.99	463 reviews Mostly Positive	JRPGAction Roguelike
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