How much revenue did Swords and Sandals 2 Redux make?

$55k–$149k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Swords and Sandals 2 Redux sell?

Q: How many copies did Swords and Sandals 2 Redux sell?

20k to 33k copies, based on its 587 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 20k–33k; $55k–$149k after Steam's cut $101k–$229k before the cut; from 587 reviews (Mostly 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 Swords and Sandals 2 Redux out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Swords and Sandals 2 Redux's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 97k–306k

best case 498k (Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition)

Games like Swords and Sandals 2 Redux

The middle of these games

≈ 97k–306k copies

≈ $584k–$2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition at ≈ 379k–617k copies, ≈ $3.7M–$9.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 693 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 492 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on JRPG (6 of 8) and Turn-Based Combat (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Turn-Based Combat, priced around $35.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 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 38 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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Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition 2023	Est. copies ≈ 379k–617k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.8M after Steam's cut $6.6M–$15.1M before the cut	$34.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsJRPG
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