How much revenue did Shantae and the Pirate's Curse make?

$829k–$2.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shantae and the Pirate's Curse sell?

Q: How many copies did Shantae and the Pirate's Curse sell?

151k to 245k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 151k–245k; $829k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before the cut; from 3k 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 Shantae and the Pirate's Curse out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shantae and the Pirate's Curse's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 612k–3.8M

best case 5.8M (Celeste)

Games like Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

The middle of these games

≈ 612k–3.8M copies

≈ $4.9M–$23.3M after Steam's cut

from ~35k 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.

Best case: Celeste at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Female Protagonist (6 of 8) and Metroidvania (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Precision Platformer + Platformer, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, and 1 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 61 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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Celeste 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.5M–$65.8M after Steam's cut $44.5M–$101.2M before the cut	$19.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerDifficult
GRIS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before the cut	$14.99	96k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulAtmospheric
Ori and the Blind Forest 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	60k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackAtmospheric
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Pseudoregalia 2023	Est. copies ≈ 467k–759k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $770k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$5.99	19k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	3D PlatformerMetroidvania
ICEY 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.4M after Steam's cut $6.4M–$14.5M before the cut	$10.99	28k reviews Very Positive	ActionFemale Protagonist
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