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The realistic ceiling for CRPG games

Two honest reads of what CRPG games do on Steam: the whole market from a systematic sample, and the games gathered here. Kept separate on purpose.

The market
A typical game sells
≈ 20k–50k copies
$70k–$175k net, est.
The top decile
≈ 200k–500k copies
$699k–$1.7M net, est.

Based on the 1194 CRPG games SteamSpy lists, its visible subset, not the whole market. Owners are SteamSpy estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The CRPG games gathered on wishvane

Across the 47 CRPG games compared here, a typical one runs ≈ 332k copies (est.), with Baldur's Gate 3 the biggest at ≈ 26.7M. A small, self-selected sample, not the whole market.

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