How much revenue did UnEpic make?

$1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did UnEpic sell?

Q: How many copies did UnEpic sell?

458k to 744k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 458k–744k; $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before the cut; from 8k reviews (Very 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 UnEpic out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including UnEpic's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 165k–507k

best case 525k (The Messenger)

Games like UnEpic

The middle of these games

≈ 165k–507k copies

≈ $810k–$2.3M 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: The Messenger at ≈ 400k–650k copies, ≈ $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (8 of 8) and Metroidvania (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Metroidvania, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Retro + Ninja + Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2018, 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 38 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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