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How many copies did Shadwen sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 57k–92k
$266k–$715k after Steam's cut $483k–$1.1M before the cut
from 1k reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 162k–980k
best case 3.6M (Dishonored 2)
Games like Shadwen

The middle of these games

≈ 162k–980k copies

≈ $389k–$11.4M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Dishonored 2 at ≈ 2.8M–4.5M copies, ≈ $22.9M–$61.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Assassin (8 of 8) and Stealth (8 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Stealth + First-Person, priced around $30.
The era
The games you compared span 2009 to 2024, and 2 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).

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Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™
2017
Est. copies
≈ 458k–745k
3.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$3.8M–$10.2M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.6M before the cut
$29.99
13k reviews
Very Positive
StealthAction
Pretty Agent
2024
Est. copies
≈ 992–2k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before the cut
$4.99
40 reviews
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RPGAction
Velvet Assassin
2009
Est. copies
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SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$266k–$716k after Steam's cut $484k–$1.1M before the cut
$5.99
3k reviews
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StealthAction
Dishonored 2
2016
Est. copies
≈ 2.8M–4.5M
19x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$22.9M–$61.5M after Steam's cut $41.6M–$94.7M before the cut
$29.99
67k reviews
Very Positive
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Ereban: Shadow Legacy
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$45k–$122k after Steam's cut $82k–$187k before the cut
$19.99
332 reviews
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2015
Est. copies
≈ 1.6M–2.6M
9.2x vs typical
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$13.3M–$35.7M after Steam's cut $24.2M–$55.0M before the cut
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2015
Est. copies
≈ 190k–309k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$523k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $951k–$2.2M before the cut
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2014
Est. copies
≈ 184k–298k
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$19.99
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ActionFemale Protagonist

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