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How many copies did Darksword: Battle Eternity sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 769–1k
$5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut
from 31 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–3.2M
best case 27.2M (The Forest)
Games like Darksword: Battle Eternity

The middle of these games

≈ 1.2M–3.2M copies

≈ $19.8M–$45.7M after Steam's cut

from ~30k 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 Forest at ≈ 20.7M–33.6M copies, ≈ $113.8M–$305.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and Exploration (2 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20.
The era
The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, and 2 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 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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22x vs typical
SteamSpy 20M–50M
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$19.99
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≈ 1.5M–2.5M
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