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How many copies did Primal Rift sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 471–766
$1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut
from 19 reviews (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 Primal Rift out and predicted the genre from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including Primal Rift's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 196–6k
best case 9.0M (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
Games like Primal Rift

The middle of these games

≈ 196–6k copies

≈ $529–$56k after Steam's cut

from ~11 reviews

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

1 of your 5 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at ≈ 6.9M–11.1M copies, ≈ $94.2M–$253.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 5 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 92k.
Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Lore-Rich (3 of 5) and Story Rich (3 of 5).
The winners
Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Story Rich, priced around $50.
The era
Only 1 of your 5 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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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2025
Est. copies
≈ 6.9M–11.1M
25117x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$94.2M–$253.3M after Steam's cut $171.3M–$389.6M before the cut
$49.99
276k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Turn-Based CombatStory Rich
Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out
2023
Est. copies
≈ 4k–7k
16x vs typical
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$30k–$82k after Steam's cut $55k–$125k before the cut
$24.99
178 reviews
Very Positive
Choices MatterStory Rich
Jeebo & Jerbo vs. Life
2021
Est. copies
≈ 273–443
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$375–$1k after Steam's cut $681–$2k before the cut
$4.99
11 reviews
Positive
ExplorationMetroidvania
Pangea
2021
Est. copies
≈ 149–242
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$287–$770 after Steam's cut $521–$1k before the cut
$6.99
6 reviews
6 user reviews
Turn-Based StrategyFantasy
Momo's Mansion
2022
Est. copies
≈ 124–202
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$238–$642 after Steam's cut $433–$988 before the cut
$6.99
5 reviews
5 user reviews
RPGAction RPG

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