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How many copies did Battle for the Board sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 74–121
$244–$660 after Steam's cut $444–$1k before the cut
from 3 reviews (3 user reviews)
Thin evidence: 3 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Battle for the Board out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Battle for the Board's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18k–27k
best case 129k (Legend Creatures(传奇生物))
Games like Battle for the Board

The middle of these games

≈ 18k–27k copies

≈ $89k–$102k after Steam's cut

from ~657 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Legend Creatures(传奇生物) at ≈ 98k–159k copies, ≈ $134k–$361k 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 365 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 139 to 2k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Exploration (6 of 8) and Dungeon Crawler (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Exploration + Rogue-lite, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Replay Value + Indie + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2014 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Legend Creatures(传奇生物)
2020
Est. copies
≈ 98k–159k
6.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$134k–$361k after Steam's cut $244k–$556k before the cut
$4.99
4k reviews
Very Positive
ExplorationIndie
Seer's Gambit
2024
Est. copies
≈ 13k–21k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$54k–$146k after Steam's cut $99k–$224k before the cut
$14.99
530 reviews
Mostly Positive
StrategyRogue-lite
Quest of Dungeons
2014
Est. copies
≈ 41k–67k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$57k–$152k after Steam's cut $103k–$234k before the cut
$4.99
736 reviews
Mostly Positive
Traditional RoguelikeTurn-Based Tactics
Legendary Creatures 2
2023
Est. copies
≈ 24k–39k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$40k–$106k after Steam's cut $72k–$164k before the cut
$5.99
969 reviews
Mostly Positive
ExplorationAuto Battler
That Time I Got Reincarnated as an Orc
2021
Est. copies
≈ 10k–17k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$54k–$146k after Steam's cut $99k–$225k before the cut
$18.99
420 reviews
Very Positive
NuditySexual Content
Dungeons of Aether
2023
Est. copies
≈ 16k–26k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$67k–$181k after Steam's cut $122k–$278k before the cut
$14.99
657 reviews
Very Positive
StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
2023
Est. copies
≈ 14k–23k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$50k–$134k after Steam's cut $91k–$207k before the cut
$12.99
564 reviews
Mostly Positive
DeckbuildingCard Battler
FORWARD: Escape the Fold - Ultimate Edition
2022
Est. copies
≈ 17k–27k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$46k–$124k after Steam's cut $84k–$191k before the cut
$9.99
676 reviews
Very Positive
Rogue-likeStrategy

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