How much revenue did rod (removed) make?

rod (removed) is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did rod (removed) sell?

Q: How many copies did rod (removed) sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 321 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; from 321 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 rod (removed) and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including rod (removed)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 59k–88k

best case 12.4M (Deep Rock Galactic)

Games like rod (removed)

A typical game among these

≈ 59k–88k copies

≈ $464k–$580k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Dwarf (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Deep Rock Galactic at ≈ 9.4M–15.3M copies, ≈ $77.8M–$209.2M 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 510 reviews in their first month; the range was 184 to 40k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dwarf (3 of 8) and Co-op (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dwarf + Co-op, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Co-op + PvE + FPS; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 2 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 52 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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KeeperRL 2024	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $247k–$665k after Steam's cut $450k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	UndergroundSimulation
First Dwarf 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $65k–$175k after Steam's cut $118k–$269k before Steam's cut	$24.99	381 reviews Mostly Positive	Early Access3D
Deep Rock Galactic 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.4M–15.3M 210x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $77.8M–$209.2M after Steam's cut $141.5M–$321.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	380k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DwarfCo-op
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Life is Hard 2021	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $38k–$102k after Steam's cut $69k–$156k before Steam's cut	$9.99	555 reviews Mixed	StrategyIndie
We Are The Dwarves 2016	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $276k–$742k after Steam's cut $502k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mixed	IndieAdventure
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