How much revenue did The Vale: Shadow of the Crown make?

$52k–$141k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Vale: Shadow of the Crown sell?

Q: How many copies did The Vale: Shadow of the Crown sell?

10k to 15k copies, based on its 384 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–15k; $52k–$141k after Steam's cut $95k–$217k before the cut; from 384 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 The Vale: Shadow of the Crown out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Vale: Shadow of the Crown's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.2M–8.6M

best case 39.3M (Black Myth: Wukong)

Games like The Vale: Shadow of the Crown

The middle of these games

≈ 5.2M–8.6M copies

≈ $57.9M–$200.4M after Steam's cut

from ~203k 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: Black Myth: Wukong at ≈ 30.0M–48.7M copies, ≈ $494.5M–$1329.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 93k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 17k to 836k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (6 of 8) and Action RPG (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mythology + Action RPG, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 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 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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Black Myth: Wukong 2024	Est. copies ≈ 30.0M–48.7M 5.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $494.5M–$1329.5M after Steam's cut $899.1M–$2045.4M before the cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MythologyAction RPG
Noita 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.0M before the cut	$19.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PhysicsRogue-like
Starfield 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $59.7M–$160.4M after Steam's cut $108.5M–$246.8M before the cut	$49.99	175k reviews Mixed	SpaceSingleplayer
Dragon's Dogma 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $31.7M–$85.1M after Steam's cut $57.6M–$131.0M before the cut	$39.99	116k reviews Mixed	Open WorldRPG
鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.6M–$82.3M after Steam's cut $55.7M–$126.7M before the cut	$19.99	225k reviews Mixed	ManagementSingleplayer
Hogwarts Legacy 2023	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $152.1M–$408.9M after Steam's cut $276.5M–$629.1M before the cut	$59.99	372k reviews Very Positive	MagicOpen World
Assassin's Creed® Odyssey 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.7M–9.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $94.2M–$253.2M after Steam's cut $171.3M–$389.6M before the cut	$59.99	188k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldRPG
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5.4M–8.8M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $89.6M–$240.8M after Steam's cut $162.8M–$370.5M before the cut	$59.99	219k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldCo-op