How much revenue did The Way Of Kings make?

The Way Of Kings is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did The Way Of Kings sell?

Q: How many copies did The Way Of Kings sell?

521 to 846 copies, based on its 21 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 521–846; from 21 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 The Way Of Kings out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Way Of Kings's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–277k

best case 128.5M (Terraria)

Games like The Way Of Kings

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–277k copies

≈ $8k–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~930 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Terraria at ≈ 97.9M–159.1M copies, ≈ $269.0M–$723.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 22k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (5 of 8) and Automobile Sim (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Sandbox, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2025, and 3 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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Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 97.9M–159.1M 1666x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $269.0M–$723.1M after Steam's cut $489.0M–$1112.5M before the cut	$9.99	1.5M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
Necesse 2025	Est. copies ≈ 715k–1.2M 31x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.2M before the cut	$14.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftMultiplayer
Speed Night 2023	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $409–$1k after Steam's cut $744–$2k before the cut	$4.99	12 reviews Mixed	RacingRPG
UNDER the SAND - a road trip simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $219k–$589k after Steam's cut $399k–$907k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	DrivingAutomobile Sim
TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $358k–$962k after Steam's cut $650k–$1.5M before the cut	$29.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RacingAction
Glitchpunk 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34k–$92k after Steam's cut $62k–$142k before the cut	$19.99	252 reviews Mixed	CyberpunkAction
FutureKreate 2021	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$89.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Early AccessSimulation
Flatinside Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$9.99	79 reviews Mixed	Early AccessRPG