How much revenue did Hollow Knight make?

$79.3M–$213.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hollow Knight sell?

Q: How many copies did Hollow Knight sell?

19.2M to 31.3M copies, based on its 559k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19.2M–31.3M; $79.3M–$213.3M after Steam's cut $144.2M–$328.1M before the cut; from 559k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Hollow Knight out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hollow Knight's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 549k–1.3M

best case 4.8M (Ori and the Will of the Wisps)

Games like Hollow Knight

The middle of these games

≈ 549k–1.3M copies

≈ $4.0M–$12.6M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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: Ori and the Will of the Wisps at ≈ 3.6M–5.9M copies, ≈ $29.9M–$80.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2k to 23k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Metroidvania (8 of 8) and Souls-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Beautiful + Metroidvania, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Beautiful + Great Soundtrack + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Ori and the Will of the Wisps 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 7.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.9M–$80.3M after Steam's cut $54.3M–$123.5M before the cut	$29.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulMetroidvania
Blasphemous 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.2M–$35.6M after Steam's cut $24.1M–$54.7M before the cut	$24.99	67k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaPixel Graphics
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight 2016	Est. copies ≈ 495k–805k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before the cut	$9.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Metroidvania2D Platformer
Afterimage 2023	Est. copies ≈ 256k–415k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before the cut	$24.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaFemale Protagonist
Rogue Legacy 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 375k–609k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	ArcadeMetroidvania
ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist 2025	Est. copies ≈ 462k–751k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before the cut	$24.99	19k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania2D
Nine Sols 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.2M–$24.7M after Steam's cut $16.7M–$38.1M before the cut	$29.99	45k reviews Very Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like
Salt and Sanctuary 2016	Est. copies ≈ 910k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.5M–$12.1M after Steam's cut $8.2M–$18.6M before the cut	$17.99	22k reviews Very Positive	Souls-like Metroidvania