How much revenue did Shing! make?

$66k–$177k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shing! sell?

Q: How many copies did Shing! sell?

12k to 20k copies, based on its 484 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–20k; $66k–$177k after Steam's cut $120k–$273k before Steam's cut; from 484 reviews (Mostly Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Shing! and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shing!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 359k–1.3M

best case 1.9M (Skul: The Hero Slayer)

Games like Shing!

A typical game among these

≈ 359k–1.3M copies

≈ $1.5M–$5.8M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Skul: The Hero Slayer at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Rogue-like (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-like, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 1 of the 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 79 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Spelunky 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.7M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$18.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Platformer Rogue-like
Dungreed 2018	Est. copies ≈ 292k–474k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $802k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikePixel Graphics
Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 5.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Anomaly Agent 2024	Est. copies ≈ 249k–404k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $820k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$11.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Action Roguelike2D Platformer
Pixel Piracy 2014	Est. copies ≈ 412k–669k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeSandbox
SKYHILL 2015	Est. copies ≈ 282k–459k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $775k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAction Roguelike
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 178k–290k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaMetroidvania
Lost Castle / 失落城堡 2016	Est. copies ≈ 998k–1.6M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	4 Player LocalAction Roguelike