How much revenue did The Banner Saga make?

An estimated 5.7M to 15.3M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Banner Saga sell?

Q: How many copies did The Banner Saga sell?

An estimated 827k to 1.3M copies, based on its 16k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 827k–1.3M; $5.7M–$15.3M net $10.3M–$23.5M gross; from 16k 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 The Banner Saga out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Banner Saga's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.5M–8.4M

best case 26.7M (Baldur's Gate 3)

The RPG lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 6.9M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 6.9M copies

≈ $80.0M after Steam's cut

from ~141k reviews

Best case

≈ 26.7M copies

Baldur's Gate 3 · ≈ $617.9M after Steam's cut

from 846k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

6 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 2 are breakout hits far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with RPG + Character Customization, priced around $40.
The breakout hits carry Choices Matter + Dungeons & Dragons + Open World Survival Craft; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2016 to 2023, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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