How much revenue did The Quest make?

$61k–$165k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Quest sell?

Q: How many copies did The Quest sell?

22k to 36k copies, based on its 538 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–36k; $61k–$165k after Steam's cut $112k–$254k before the cut; from 538 reviews (Very 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 The Quest out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Quest's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 30k–55k

best case 558k (Legend of Grimrock)

Games like The Quest

The middle of these games

≈ 30k–55k copies

≈ $365k–$683k 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.

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Legend of Grimrock at ≈ 425k–691k copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Dungeon Crawler (8 of 8) and Grid-Based Movement (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dungeon Crawler + Grid-Based Movement, priced around $19. The breakout hits carry Party-Based RPG + Fantasy + Adventure; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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 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
Legend of Grimrock 2012	Est. copies ≈ 425k–691k 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
The Bard's Tale Trilogy 2018	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $195k–$524k after Steam's cut $354k–$806k before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGDungeon Crawler
Legend of Grimrock 2 2014	Est. copies ≈ 228k–371k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before the cut	$23.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
Etrian Odyssey III HD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $207k–$557k after Steam's cut $377k–$857k before the cut	$39.99	760 reviews Very Positive	RPGDungeon Crawler
StarCrawlers 2017	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $170k–$457k after Steam's cut $309k–$703k before the cut	$19.99	899 reviews Very Positive	RPGDungeon Crawler
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning 2019	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $330k–$887k after Steam's cut $600k–$1.4M before the cut	$59.99	694 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGDungeon Crawler
Etrian Odyssey HD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 35k–57k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $384k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $698k–$1.6M before the cut	$39.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 44k–72k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $611k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$49.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG