How much revenue did Rivals of Aether make?

$10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rivals of Aether sell?

Q: How many copies did Rivals of Aether sell?

1.3M to 2.1M copies, based on its 38k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.3M–2.1M; $10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's cut $19.7M–$44.7M before the cut; from 38k 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 Rivals of Aether out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Rivals of Aether's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.4M–3.2M

best case 2.6M (Street Fighter™ 6)

Games like Rivals of Aether

The middle of these games

≈ 2.4M–3.2M copies

≈ $31.8M–$36.6M after Steam's cut

from ~67k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Street Fighter™ 6 at ≈ 2.0M–3.2M copies, ≈ $21.5M–$57.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Fighting (3 of 3) and 2D Fighter (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with 2D Fighter + Fighting, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Street Fighter™ 6 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.5M–$57.8M after Steam's cut $39.1M–$89.0M before the cut	$39.99	79k reviews Very Positive	2D FighterFighting
Mortal Kombat X 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.3M–$43.8M after Steam's cut $29.6M–$67.4M before the cut	$19.99	61k reviews Very Positive	FightingGore
GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $18.2M–$48.9M after Steam's cut $33.1M–$75.3M before the cut	$39.99	67k reviews Very Positive	Fighting2D Fighter