How much revenue did Angel at Dusk make?

$177k–$477k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Angel at Dusk sell?

Q: How many copies did Angel at Dusk sell?

43k to 70k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 43k–70k; $177k–$477k after Steam's cut $323k–$734k before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Angel at Dusk and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Angel at Dusk's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 19k–80k

best case 110k (HYPER DEMON)

Games like Angel at Dusk

A typical game among these

≈ 19k–80k copies

≈ $81k–$159k after Steam's cut

from ~771 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: HYPER DEMON at ≈ 84k–136k copies, ≈ $345k–$928k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Bullet Hell (8 of 8) and Twin Stick Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Arena Shooter, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry FPS + Fast-Paced + Spectacle fighter; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2007 to 2022, and none of them 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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Waves 2011	Est. copies ≈ 99k–161k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellShoot 'Em Up
Waves 2: Notorious 2015	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	327 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Soundodger+ 2013	Est. copies ≈ 52k–84k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $113k–$304k after Steam's cut $206k–$468k before Steam's cut	$7.99	815 reviews Very Positive	IndieCasual
ATOMINE 2017	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34k–$91k after Steam's cut $62k–$141k before Steam's cut	$9.99	360 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
HYPER DEMON 2022	Est. copies ≈ 84k–136k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $345k–$928k after Steam's cut $628k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	FPSArena Shooter
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2007	Est. copies ≈ 70k–115k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $77k–$208k after Steam's cut $141k–$320k before Steam's cut	$3.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ArcadeTwin Stick Shooter
//N.P.P.D. RUSH//- The milk of Ultraviolet 2014	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $47k–$127k after Steam's cut $86k–$196k before Steam's cut	$3.99	771 reviews Mostly Negative	IndieBullet Hell
Retrograde Arena 2020	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	538 reviews Very Positive	Bullet Hell Twin Stick Shooter