How much revenue did KNIGHTS make?

$9k–$25k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did KNIGHTS sell?

Q: How many copies did KNIGHTS sell?

34k to 56k copies, based on its 826 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 34k–56k; $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before the cut; from 826 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 KNIGHTS out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including KNIGHTS's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 903–15k

best case 108k (Just Go)

Games like KNIGHTS

The middle of these games

≈ 903–15k copies

≈ $714–$80k after Steam's cut

from ~111 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Just Go at ≈ 82k–133k copies, ≈ $225k–$606k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 13 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 6 to 653.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Board Game (5 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Board Game, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 52 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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Just Go 2022	Est. copies ≈ 82k–133k 30x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $225k–$606k after Steam's cut $410k–$932k before the cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	CasualSimulation
Dream Sketcher 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $40k–$109k after Steam's cut $74k–$167k before the cut	$11.99	495 reviews Mixed	RPGChoices Matter
Switchball HD 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $17k–$45k after Steam's cut $31k–$70k before the cut	$12.99	191 reviews Very Positive	ArcadePhysics
Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $51k–$138k after Steam's cut $93k–$212k before the cut	$15.99	280 reviews Mostly Positive	ChessStrategy
Jessie 'Boom' James - a jigsaw chess tale 2021	Est. copies ≈ 595–967 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $326–$876 after Steam's cut $592–$1k before the cut	$1.99	24 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualWestern
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