How much revenue did Vlad the Impaler make?

Vlad the Impaler is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Vlad the Impaler sell?

Q: How many copies did Vlad the Impaler sell?

23k to 38k copies, based on its 415 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 23k–38k; from 415 reviews (Mostly 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 Vlad the Impaler out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Vlad the Impaler's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5k–212k

best case 1.1M (Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut)

Games like Vlad the Impaler

The middle of these games

≈ 5k–212k copies

≈ $14k–$803k 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 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut at ≈ 837k–1.4M copies, ≈ $4.1M–$11.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 70 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 16 to 4k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Choose Your Own Adventure (8 of 8) and Horror (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Choices Matter, priced around $18.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut 2023	Est. copies ≈ 837k–1.4M 28x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.1M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.1M before the cut	$17.99	34k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelChoices Matter
Homicipher 2024	Est. copies ≈ 206k–334k 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $791k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before the cut	$13.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorOtome
Mediterranea Inferno 2023	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $58k–$156k after Steam's cut $106k–$240k before the cut	$14.99	568 reviews Very Positive	LGBTQ+Choose Your Own Adventure
Fateweaver: The Alchemist's Quandary 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut	$2.99	100 reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterSimulation
The Test: Hypothesis Rising 2020	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $80k–$216k after Steam's cut $146k–$332k before the cut	$1.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationMultiple Endings
Fateweaver: Smash or Pass 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$2.99	80 reviews Very Positive	SimulationChoices Matter
Fledgling Manor 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $14k–$36k after Steam's cut $25k–$56k before the cut	$11.75	169 reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelVampire
Disturbed 2016	Est. copies ≈ 78k–126k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayHorror