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 Steam's cut; from 19 reviews (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 Heartless Dark and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Heartless Dark's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 224k–709k

best case 4.9M (Enter the Gungeon)

Games like Heartless Dark

A typical game among these

≈ 224k–709k copies

≈ $1.1M–$4.5M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Enter the Gungeon at ≈ 3.7M–6.1M copies, ≈ $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Bullet Hell + Action Roguelike, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Enter the Gungeon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M 11x 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
Tiny Rogues 2022	Est. copies ≈ 267k–435k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $735k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Voidigo 2023	Est. copies ≈ 122k–199k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $168k–$451k after Steam's cut $305k–$694k before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeTwin Stick Shooter
Nuclear Throne 2015	Est. copies ≈ 967k–1.6M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's 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 Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterRogue-lite
Blazing Beaks 2019	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $312k–$839k after Steam's cut $567k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsAction Roguelike
Teleglitch: Die More Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 187k–303k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $667k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$12.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
Brigador: Up-Armored Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 243k–396k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Twin Stick ShooterAction