How much revenue did Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition make?

An estimated 684k to 1.8M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition sell?

An estimated 99k to 162k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 99k–162k; $684k–$1.8M net $1.2M–$2.8M gross; from 3k 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 Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 16k–339k

best case 822k (Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs)

The Exploration lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 158k copies.

A typical game

≈ 158k copies

≈ $1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

Best case

≈ 822k copies

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs · ≈ $6.4M after Steam's cut

from 12k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Horror + Walking Simulator, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2013 to 2025, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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