How much revenue did Heartless Dark make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Heartless Dark sell?

Q: How many copies did Heartless Dark sell?

471 to 766 copies, based on its 19 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 471–766; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut; from 19 reviews (Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Heartless Dark out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Heartless Dark's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 221k–709k

best case 4.9M (Enter the Gungeon)

Games like Heartless Dark

The middle of these games

≈ 221k–709k copies

≈ $1.1M–$4.5M after Steam's cut

from ~8k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Enter the Gungeon at ≈ 3.7M–6.1M copies, ≈ $15.4M–$41.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Bullet Hell + Action Roguelike, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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 79 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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Enter the Gungeon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.4M after Steam's cut $28.0M–$63.7M before the cut	$14.99	90k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
Tiny Rogues 2022	Est. copies ≈ 267k–433k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $733k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before the cut	$9.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Voidigo 2023	Est. copies ≈ 122k–198k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $167k–$450k after Steam's cut $304k–$692k before the cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeTwin Stick Shooter
Nuclear Throne 2015	Est. copies ≈ 966k–1.6M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before the cut	$11.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising 2018	Est. copies ≈ 398k–647k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before the cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterRogue-lite
Blazing Beaks 2019	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $312k–$838k after Steam's cut $567k–$1.3M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsAction Roguelike
Teleglitch: Die More Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 184k–298k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $656k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$12.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 243k–395k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before the cut	$24.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Twin Stick ShooterAction