How much revenue did Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove make?

An estimated 9.6M to 25.9M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove sell?

Q: How many copies did Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove sell?

An estimated 875k to 1.4M copies, based on its 17k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 875k–1.4M; $9.6M–$25.9M net $17.5M–$39.8M gross; from 17k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.1M–3.1M

best case 5.7M (Celeste)

The Pixel Graphics lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 2.5M copies.

A typical game

≈ 2.5M copies

≈ $17.0M after Steam's cut

from ~53k reviews

Best case

≈ 5.7M copies

Celeste · ≈ $44.2M after Steam's cut

from 143k reviews

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 Precision Platformer + Difficult, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2010 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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