How much revenue did Skautfold: Usurper make?

$29k–$77k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Skautfold: Usurper sell?

Q: How many copies did Skautfold: Usurper sell?

10k to 17k copies, based on its 343 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–17k; $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before the cut; from 343 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–31k

best case 233k (Sundered®: Eldritch Edition)

Games like Skautfold: Usurper

The middle of these games

≈ 7k–31k copies

≈ $41k–$265k after Steam's cut

from ~552 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Sundered®: Eldritch Edition at ≈ 178k–289k copies, ≈ $978k–$2.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 201 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3 to 317.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Metroidvania (8 of 8) and Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguevania + Metroidvania, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 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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Sundered®: Eldritch Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 178k–289k 9.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $978k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaMetroidvania
Elderand 2023	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $111k–$299k after Steam's cut $202k–$460k before the cut	$19.99	815 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGMetroidvania
Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 998–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before the cut	$4.99	29 reviews Mostly Positive	Metroidvania Horror
OUTBUDDIES DX 2019	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $41k–$110k after Steam's cut $74k–$169k before the cut	$17.99	287 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieMetroidvania
The Last Case of Benedict Fox Definitive Edition 2023	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $160k–$429k after Steam's cut $290k–$660k before the cut	$24.99	936 reviews Mostly Positive	Metroidvania3D
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $30k–$79k after Steam's cut $54k–$122k before the cut	$14.99	289 reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Nitrojet 2023	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $340–$918 after Steam's cut $619–$1k before the cut	$9.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	MetroidvaniaDestruction
Voidwrought 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $138k–$372k after Steam's cut $252k–$572k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaDark