How much revenue did Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman make?

$71k–$190k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman sell?

Q: How many copies did Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman sell?

26k to 42k copies, based on its 459 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 26k–42k; $71k–$190k after Steam's cut $128k–$292k before the cut; from 459 reviews (Mixed)

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 Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman out and predicted the genre from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31k–54k

best case 123k (Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered)

Games like Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman

The middle of these games

≈ 31k–54k copies

≈ $89k–$234k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of your 6 similar games are hits.

Best case: Legacy of Kain™ Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered at ≈ 94k–152k copies, ≈ $774k–$2.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 464 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 89 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (6 of 6) and 2D Platformer (3 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dark Fantasy + Third Person, priced around $30.
The era: 3 of your 6 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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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