How much revenue did Krater make?

$244k–$656k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Krater sell?

Q: How many copies did Krater sell?

59k to 96k copies, based on its 937 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 59k–96k; $244k–$656k after Steam's cut $444k–$1.0M before the cut; from 937 reviews (Mixed)

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 Krater out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Krater's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–905k

best case 6.0M (Grim Dawn)

Games like Krater

The middle of these games

≈ 3k–905k copies

≈ $25k–$8.0M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Grim Dawn at ≈ 4.5M–7.4M copies, ≈ $31.2M–$83.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 339 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 41 to 29k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Loot (5 of 8) and Action RPG (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Hack and Slash, priced around $25.
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
Grim Dawn 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M 88x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $31.2M–$83.9M after Steam's cut $56.8M–$129.1M before the cut	$24.99	109k reviews Very Positive	Action RPGHack and Slash
Borderlands Game of the Year 2023	Est. copies ≈ 791k–1.3M 26x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.5M after Steam's cut $11.9M–$27.0M before the cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	Looter ShooterFPS
I Shall Remain 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $22k–$59k after Steam's cut $40k–$90k before the cut	$9.99	163 reviews Mixed	IndieRPG
SurrounDead 2022	Est. copies ≈ 656k–1.1M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before the cut	$11.99	26k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesSurvival
Medievalien 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	71 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessAction
Unending Dusk 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before the cut	$9.99	68 reviews Mixed	Action RPGBeat 'em up
Herd is Coming 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $463–$1k after Steam's cut $841–$2k before the cut	$0.99	59 reviews Mixed	RPGOpen World
HELLGATE: London 2018	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $251k–$675k after Steam's cut $457k–$1.0M before the cut	$12.99	2k reviews Mixed	RPGAction