How much revenue did Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition sell?

998 to 2k copies, based on its 29 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 998–2k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before the cut; from 29 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 Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–465k

best case 27.3M (Phasmophobia)

Games like Nakawak: Expanded Color Edition

The middle of these games

≈ 7k–465k copies

≈ $29k–$3.6M after Steam's cut

from ~679 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.8M–33.8M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$307.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 289 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 38 to 40k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Metroidvania (7 of 8) and Lovecraftian (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, 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 52 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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Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.8M 1234x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$307.1M after Steam's cut $207.7M–$472.5M before the cut	$19.99	838k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 178k–289k 7.6x 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
CARRION 2020	Est. copies ≈ 882k–1.4M 52x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.8M–$13.0M after Steam's cut $8.8M–$20.1M before the cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	Villain ProtagonistPixel Graphics
Angel's Gear 2023	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$75k before the cut	$9.99	267 reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
Voidwrought 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $138k–$372k after Steam's cut $252k–$572k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	MetroidvaniaDark
Marrow 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before the cut	$9.99	59 reviews Mostly Positive	IndieAction
The Tower on the Borderland 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before the cut	$15.99	72 reviews Very Positive	LovecraftianSurvival Horror
Skautfold: Usurper 2018	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before the cut	$9.99	343 reviews Mixed	ActionIndie