How much revenue did Merchants of Kaidan make?

$120k–$323k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Merchants of Kaidan sell?

Q: How many copies did Merchants of Kaidan sell?

29k to 47k copies, based on its 521 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 29k–47k; $120k–$323k after Steam's cut $219k–$497k before the cut; from 521 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 Merchants of Kaidan out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Merchants of Kaidan's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 42k–52k

best case 585k (Shop Titans)

Games like Merchants of Kaidan

The middle of these games

≈ 42k–52k copies

≈ $220k–$304k 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.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Shop Titans at ≈ 446k–724k copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 655 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 119 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (5 of 8) and Economy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Shop Keeper. The breakout hits carry Idler + Shop Keeper + Crafting; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2026, 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 52 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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Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAuto Battler
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