How much revenue did City of Chains make?

$41k–$111k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did City of Chains sell?

Q: How many copies did City of Chains sell?

17k to 27k copies, based on its 343 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 17k–27k; $41k–$111k after Steam's cut $75k–$171k before the cut; from 343 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 City of Chains out and predicted the genre from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including City of Chains's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.1M–2.5M

best case 5.8M (Stray)

Games like City of Chains

The middle of these games

≈ 2.1M–2.5M copies

≈ $12.2M–$26.7M after Steam's cut

from ~39k reviews

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

All 5 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Stray at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $36.3M–$97.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Cyberpunk (5 of 5) and Sci-fi (3 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cats + Cyberpunk, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2022, 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 79 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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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition 2007	Est. copies ≈ 986k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.8M before the cut	$6.99	16k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkRPG
Stray 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.3M–$97.6M after Steam's cut $66.0M–$150.1M before the cut	$29.99	177k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CatsAdventure
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$27.9M after Steam's cut $18.9M–$42.9M before the cut	$19.99	30k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkStealth
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.4M before the cut	$14.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CyberpunkVisual Novel
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.5M–$38.9M after Steam's cut $26.3M–$59.9M before the cut	$29.99	42k reviews Mostly Positive	CyberpunkStealth