How much revenue did Cruelty Squad make?

$3.3M–$9.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cruelty Squad sell?

Q: How many copies did Cruelty Squad sell?

606k to 985k copies, based on its 24k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 606k–985k; $3.3M–$9.0M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.8M before the cut; from 24k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Cruelty Squad out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cruelty Squad's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 47k–87k

best case 125k (Golden Light)

The Immersive Sim genre

3 of your 8 similar games are hits. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 47k–87k copies

≈ $174k–$589k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Best case

≈ 96k–155k copies

Golden Light · ≈ $526k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Immersive Sim (3 of 8) and Life Sim (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Stealth + Procedural Generation, priced around $20.
The era: Only 2 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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