How much revenue did Explorer：Golden Empire make?

Explorer：Golden Empire is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Explorer：Golden Empire sell?

Q: How many copies did Explorer：Golden Empire sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Thin evidence: 8 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.

Does this actually work?

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 244–199k

best case 559k (Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin)

Games like Explorer：Golden Empire

The middle of these games

≈ 244–199k copies

≈ $1k–$2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~303 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin at ≈ 426k–692k copies, ≈ $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 198 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (7 of 8) and Creature Collector (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Exploration, priced around $40.
The era: Only 2 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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