How much revenue did Dead Estate make?

$681k–$1.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead Estate sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead Estate sell?

165k to 268k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 165k–268k; $681k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut; from 7k reviews (Very 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 Dead Estate and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Estate's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 37k–91k

best case 33.8M (The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth)

Games like Dead Estate

A typical game among these

≈ 37k–91k copies

≈ $113k–$219k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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.

Best case: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth at ≈ 25.8M–41.9M copies, ≈ $106.2M–$285.5M 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 742 reviews in their first month; the range was 192 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (6 of 8) and Rogue-lite (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack + Combat; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, 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 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
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 2014	Est. copies ≈ 25.8M–41.9M 343x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $106.2M–$285.5M after Steam's cut $193.0M–$439.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	460k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 724k–1.2M 22x 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
West of Dead 2020	Est. copies ≈ 55k–90k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $304k–$817k after Steam's cut $553k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Replay ValueRogue-like
Lovecraft's Untold Stories 2019	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $114k–$307k after Steam's cut $208k–$472k before Steam's cut	$14.99	962 reviews Mostly Positive	LovecraftianAction
Over 9000 Zombies! 2015	Est. copies ≈ 74k–121k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $61k–$164k after Steam's cut $111k–$253k before Steam's cut	$2.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeZombies
Survivors of the Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $42k–$113k after Steam's cut $77k–$174k before Steam's cut	$7.99	773 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Hell is Others 2022	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $119k–$319k after Steam's cut $216k–$491k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-likeTop-Down
10 Minutes Till Dawn 2022	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Shoot 'Em UpAction Roguelike