How much revenue did 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan make?

$58k–$157k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan sell?

Q: How many copies did 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan sell?

16k to 26k copies, based on its 474 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 16k–26k; $58k–$157k after Steam's cut $106k–$241k before the cut; from 474 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 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 21k–37k

best case 137k (Agarest: Generations of War)

Games like 鸿源战纪 - Tales of Hongyuan

The middle of these games

≈ 21k–37k copies

≈ $62k–$395k after Steam's cut

from ~871 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: Agarest: Generations of War at ≈ 105k–170k copies, ≈ $431k–$1.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 202 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7 to 611.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on JRPG (8 of 8) and CRPG (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Tactical RPG, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, and 2 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 70 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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