How much revenue did Pharaonic make?

$52k–$141k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pharaonic sell?

Q: How many copies did Pharaonic sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 305 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $52k–$141k after Steam's cut $95k–$216k before the cut; from 305 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 Pharaonic out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pharaonic's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.2M–6.3M

best case 24.0M (DARK SOULS™ III)

Games like Pharaonic

The middle of these games

≈ 2.2M–6.3M copies

≈ $23.9M–$78.5M after Steam's cut

from ~80k 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: DARK SOULS™ III at ≈ 18.3M–29.7M copies, ≈ $301.6M–$810.8M after Steam's cut.

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 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Souls-like (8 of 8) and Dark Fantasy (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + Dark Fantasy, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2024, 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 79 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
DARK SOULS™ III 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18.3M–29.7M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $301.6M–$810.8M after Steam's cut $548.3M–$1247.4M before the cut	$59.99	439k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy
No Rest for the Wicked 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.4M after Steam's cut $40.2M–$91.4M before the cut	$39.99	81k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessOpen World
TUNIC 2022	Est. copies ≈ 457k–743k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.1M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.6M before the cut	$29.99	18k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationPuzzle
DARK SOULS™: Prepare To Die™ Edition 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	79k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeRPG
DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED 2018	Est. copies ≈ 4.7M–7.6M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $51.7M–$139.1M after Steam's cut $94.0M–$213.9M before the cut	$39.99	155k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy
Death's Door 2021	Est. copies ≈ 547k–888k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.4M before the cut	$19.99	22k reviews Very Positive	CuteSouls-like
DARK SOULS™ II 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $28.8M–$77.5M after Steam's cut $52.4M–$119.2M before the cut	$39.99	47k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeRPG
Lies of P 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $33.4M–$89.7M after Steam's cut $60.7M–$138.1M before the cut	$59.99	82k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeAction