How much revenue did Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition make?

$16.3M–$43.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition sell?

3.0M to 4.8M copies, based on its 71k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.0M–4.8M; $16.3M–$43.9M after Steam's cut $29.7M–$67.6M before the cut; from 71k 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 Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–5.2M

best case 25.3M (Hollow Knight)

Games like Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

The middle of these games

≈ 1.5M–5.2M copies

≈ $8.8M–$78.6M after Steam's cut

from ~53k 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: Hollow Knight at ≈ 19.2M–31.3M copies, ≈ $79.3M–$213.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 6k to 23k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Metroidvania (6 of 8) and Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Souls-like, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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
Ori and the Blind Forest 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	60k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackAtmospheric
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
SANABI 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.3M after Steam's cut $8.3M–$19.0M before the cut	$14.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsStory Rich
Ori and the Will of the Wisps 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 2.8x 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
Dust: An Elysian Tail 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before the cut	$14.99	19k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionPlatformer
Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.2M–31.3M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $79.3M–$213.3M after Steam's cut $144.2M–$328.1M before the cut	$14.99	559k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like
Nine Sols 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 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
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.2M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $55.4M–$149.0M after Steam's cut $100.7M–$229.2M before the cut	$39.99	175k reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventureSouls-like