How much revenue did Pillars of Eternity make?

$10.5M–$28.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pillars of Eternity sell?

Q: How many copies did Pillars of Eternity sell?

1.3M to 2.1M copies, based on its 26k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.3M–2.1M; $10.5M–$28.2M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.5M before the cut; from 26k reviews (Very 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 Pillars of Eternity out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pillars of Eternity's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–3.6M

best case 9.3M (Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition)

Games like Pillars of Eternity

The middle of these games

≈ 1.3M–3.6M copies

≈ $10.0M–$54.3M after Steam's cut

from ~37k 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.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Fantasy (4 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition at ≈ 7.1M–11.5M copies, ≈ $87.4M–$235.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Fantasy (4 of 8) and Isometric (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tactical RPG + Turn-Based Strategy, priced around $45.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2023, and none of them 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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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.6M–$47.4M after Steam's cut $32.0M–$72.9M before the cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	RPGTurn-Based
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.1M–11.5M 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $87.4M–$235.0M after Steam's cut $158.9M–$361.6M before the cut	$44.99	205k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tactical RPGRPG
Bastion 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $9.9M–$26.7M after Steam's cut $18.1M–$41.1M before the cut	$14.99	38k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackIndie
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire 2018	Est. copies ≈ 609k–989k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$9.0M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.8M before the cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	RPGParty-Based RPG
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.8M after Steam's cut $10.7M–$24.3M before the cut	$19.99	35k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGParty-Based RPG
Children of Morta 2019	Est. copies ≈ 665k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.8M after Steam's cut $7.3M–$16.6M before the cut	$21.99	23k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRogue-like
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.1M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.3M–$111.1M after Steam's cut $75.1M–$170.9M before the cut	$39.99	130k reviews Very Positive	RPGStory Rich
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