How much revenue did Trench Tales make?

$118k–$318k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Trench Tales sell?

Q: How many copies did Trench Tales sell?

17k to 28k copies, based on its 693 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–28k; $118k–$318k after Steam's cut $215k–$489k before the cut; from 693 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 Trench Tales out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trench Tales's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 114–570k

best case 124.1M (PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS)

Games like Trench Tales

The middle of these games

≈ 114–570k copies

≈ $264–$67k after Steam's cut

from ~68 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at ≈ 94.5M–153.6M copies.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 26k reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Shooter (8 of 8) and Third-Person Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Shooter.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2026, 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 43 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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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 2017	Est. copies ≈ 94.5M–153.6M 40712x vs typical SteamSpy 100M–200M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.7M reviews Mixed	SurvivalShooter
REMNANT II® 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 1013x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $23.3M–$62.7M after Steam's cut $42.4M–$96.4M before the cut	$49.99	68k reviews Very Positive	Souls-like Co-op
Magicians And Monsters 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut	$5.99	72 reviews Mixed	ActionRPG
CYSMA 2020	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $96–$257 after Steam's cut $175–$396 before the cut	$6.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Walking SimulatorThird-Person Shooter
ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY 2026	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 8.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $69k–$185k after Steam's cut $125k–$284k before the cut	$17.99	560 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction
Cadleiu 2023	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $190–$512 after Steam's cut $346–$788 before the cut	$6.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	ActionRogue-like
BOM BOM BOMBIAN ～ボンボンボンビアン～ 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34–$91 after Steam's cut $62–$140 before the cut	$4.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	Early AccessAction
Outliver: Tribulation 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$7.99	63 reviews Mostly Positive	Third-Person ShooterSouls-like