How much revenue did Role of Hex make?

$7k–$18k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Role of Hex sell?

Q: How many copies did Role of Hex sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 98 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before Steam's cut; from 98 reviews (Mostly 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 Role of Hex and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Role of Hex's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 359k–827k

best case 758k (Tribes of Midgard)

Games like Role of Hex

A typical game among these

≈ 359k–827k copies

≈ $954k–$5.3M after Steam's cut

from ~15k 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: Tribes of Midgard at ≈ 577k–938k copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-like (6 of 8) and Tower Defense (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Action RPG, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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
Tribes of Midgard 2021	Est. copies ≈ 577k–938k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-Op
Dome Keeper 2022	Est. copies ≈ 558k–906k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$17.99	22k reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerPost-apocalyptic
Monster Train 2020	Est. copies ≈ 570k–927k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card BattlerRogue-lite
Mountain 2014	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $248k–$668k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$0.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie
Rogue Tower 2022	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $607k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseStrategy
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 787k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$11.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeStrategy
Cluckmech Oasis 2024	Est. copies ≈ 90k–147k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $248k–$666k after Steam's cut $450k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRogue-like
Wall World 2023	Est. copies ≈ 316k–513k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $607k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$6.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteMining