How many copies did The Howler sell?

An estimated 109k to 177k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did The Howler make?

The Howler is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is The Howler?

Estimated owners: ≈ 109k–177k; from 2k 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 The Howler out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Howler's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 695k–1.2M

best case 1.1M (Against the Storm)

The Adventure lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 1.1M copies.

A typical game

≈ 1.1M copies

≈ $5.1M after Steam's cut

from ~21k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.1M copies

Against the Storm · ≈ $13.3M after Steam's cut

from 36k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Strategy + City Builder, priced around $30.
The games you compared span 2009 to 2023, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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