How much revenue did Archvale make?

$246k–$662k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Archvale sell?

Q: How many copies did Archvale sell?

60k to 97k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 60k–97k; $246k–$662k after Steam's cut $447k–$1.0M before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Very 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 Archvale and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Archvale's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 97k–114k

best case 3.5M (Hero Siege)

Games like Archvale

A typical game among these

≈ 97k–114k copies

≈ $405k–$1.0M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Hero Siege at ≈ 2.7M–4.4M copies, ≈ $5.9M–$15.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 669 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (6 of 8) and Bullet Hell (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike, priced around $11. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Multiplayer + Action Roguelike; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2026, 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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Heroes of Hammerwatch 2018	Est. copies ≈ 290k–471k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteAction Roguelike
Killsquad 2021	Est. copies ≈ 87k–141k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $715k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Bounty of One 2023	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $145k–$389k after Steam's cut $263k–$598k before Steam's cut	$6.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterArena Shooter
Realm of the Mad God Exalt 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	48k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsMMORPG
Hero Siege 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.8M after Steam's cut $10.7M–$24.4M before Steam's cut	$7.99	48k reviews Mixed	Action RPGPixel Graphics
Full Metal Furies 2018	Est. copies ≈ 89k–144k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $489k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $888k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionCo-op
Extremely Powerful Capybaras 2023	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $46k–$123k after Steam's cut $83k–$189k before Steam's cut	$5.99	1k reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Temtem: Swarm 2026	Est. copies ≈ 68k–111k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $245k–$658k after Steam's cut $445k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$12.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessBullet Hell