How much revenue did TUNIC make?

$3.8M–$10.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did TUNIC sell?

Q: How many copies did TUNIC sell?

457k to 743k copies, based on its 18k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 457k–743k; $3.8M–$10.1M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.6M before the cut; from 18k 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 TUNIC out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including TUNIC's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20k–215k

best case 402k (Hello Kitty Island Adventure)

Games like TUNIC

The middle of these games

≈ 20k–215k copies

≈ $1.6M–$4.7M after Steam's cut

from ~868 reviews

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

1 of your 3 similar games is a hit.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Hello Kitty Island Adventure at ≈ 306k–497k copies, ≈ $3.4M–$9.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (3 of 3) and Abstract (1 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cozy + Open World, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, and 1 of your 3 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 36 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
Hello Kitty Island Adventure 2025	Est. copies ≈ 306k–497k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.0M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before the cut	$39.99	12k reviews Very Positive	CozyOpen World
Unbound: Worlds Apart Prologue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 22k–35k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	868 reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayIndie
stikir 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before the cut	$2.99	305 reviews Very Positive	SurrealGame Development