How much revenue did ROUNDS make?

$1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ROUNDS sell?

Q: How many copies did ROUNDS sell?

1.1M to 1.8M copies, based on its 45k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.1M–1.8M; $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before Steam's cut; from 45k 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 ROUNDS and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ROUNDS's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.0M–21.5M

best case 29.9M (Among Us)

Games like ROUNDS

A typical game among these

≈ 8.0M–21.5M copies

≈ $57.6M–$95.8M after Steam's cut

from ~249k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Co-op (4 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: Among Us at ≈ 22.8M–37.0M copies, ≈ $31.3M–$84.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Co-op (4 of 8) and 2D Fighter (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Social Deduction + Space, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2021, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Among Us 2018	Est. copies ≈ 22.8M–37.0M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $31.3M–$84.0M after Steam's cut $56.8M–$129.3M before Steam's cut	$4.99	749k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerSocial Deduction
Rocket League® 2015	Est. copies ≈ 28.3M–46.0M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	580k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerFootball (Soccer)
Human Fall Flat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9.5M–15.4M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $52.0M–$139.7M after Steam's cut $94.5M–$214.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	227k reviews Very Positive	Co-opFunny
Stick Fight: The Game 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.3M–7.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.9M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	125k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerFunny
Brawlhalla 2017	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	413k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
FIFA 22 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	120k reviews Very Positive	Football (Soccer)Sports
Castle Crashers® 2012	Est. copies ≈ 8.9M–14.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.7M–$98.7M after Steam's cut $66.8M–$151.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2DOnline Co-Op
It Takes Two 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $73.7M–$198.3M after Steam's cut $134.1M–$305.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	270k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Co-opMultiplayer