How much revenue did METALLIC CHILD make?

$211k–$568k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did METALLIC CHILD sell?

Q: How many copies did METALLIC CHILD sell?

31k to 50k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 31k–50k; $211k–$568k after Steam's cut $384k–$873k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 METALLIC CHILD and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including METALLIC CHILD's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 957k–4.0M

best case 4.2M (Cult of the Lamb)

Games like METALLIC CHILD

A typical game among these

≈ 957k–4.0M copies

≈ $7.2M–$21.5M after Steam's cut

from ~49k 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: Cult of the Lamb at ≈ 3.2M–5.2M copies, ≈ $22.2M–$59.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 16k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 42k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (6 of 8) and Rogue-like (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Base-Building + Action Roguelike, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 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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Moonlighter 2018	Est. copies ≈ 747k–1.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashPixel Graphics
Spelunky 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 545k–886k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Very Positive	Platformer2D Platformer
Cult of the Lamb 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $22.2M–$59.6M after Steam's cut $40.3M–$91.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	130k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingCute
PlateUp! 2022	Est. copies ≈ 675k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	27k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Management
Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$10.9M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	119k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSingleplayer
Enter the Gungeon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	90k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
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