How much revenue did Source of Madness make?

$216k–$581k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Source of Madness sell?

Q: How many copies did Source of Madness sell?

39k to 64k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 39k–64k; $216k–$581k after Steam's cut $393k–$893k before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Mixed)

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 Source of Madness and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Source of Madness's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 205k–258k

best case 950k (20 Minutes Till Dawn)

Games like Source of Madness

A typical game among these

≈ 205k–258k copies

≈ $1.6M–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: 20 Minutes Till Dawn at ≈ 724k–1.2M copies, ≈ $993k–$2.7M 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 11k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (5 of 8) and Rogue-lite (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Co-op, priced around $13. The breakout hits carry Horror + Bullet Hell + Survival; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
10 Minutes Till Dawn 2022	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Shoot 'Em UpAction Roguelike
Labyrinthine 2023	Est. copies ≈ 434k–706k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	18k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 724k–1.2M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $993k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Magicraft 2024	Est. copies ≈ 419k–681k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$5.0M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.6M before Steam's cut	$15.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Darkwood 2017	Est. copies ≈ 861k–1.4M 4.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
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
Crawl 2017	Est. copies ≈ 252k–409k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLocal Multiplayer
We Need To Go Deeper 2019	Est. copies ≈ 174k–283k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $766k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$15.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Co-op2D