How much revenue did Hero's Hour make?

$706k–$1.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hero's Hour sell?

Q: How many copies did Hero's Hour sell?

143k to 232k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 143k–232k; $706k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut; from 6k reviews (Mostly 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 Hero's Hour and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hero's Hour's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 729k–1.2M

best case 6.5M (Balatro)

Games like Hero's Hour

A typical game among these

≈ 729k–1.2M copies

≈ $5.3M–$13.6M after Steam's cut

from ~25k 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: Balatro at ≈ 5.0M–8.1M copies, ≈ $20.5M–$55.0M 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 10k reviews in their first month; the range was 55 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based (5 of 8) and Rogue-like (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Game + Roguelike Deckbuilder, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Card Game + Roguelike Deckbuilder + Replay Value; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 2 of the 8 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 38 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
Balatro 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 8.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.5M–$55.0M after Steam's cut $37.2M–$84.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	200k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card GameRoguelike Deckbuilder
Wandering Sword 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.0M after Steam's cut $14.2M–$32.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	46k reviews Very Positive	RPGMartial Arts
POLYGON 2020	Est. copies ≈ 918k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	37k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayFPS
Into the Breach 2018	Est. copies ≈ 682k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	22k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Stoneshard 2020	Est. copies ≈ 886k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	36k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGRogue-like
Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion 2023	Est. copies ≈ 613k–996k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	25k reviews Very Positive	RPGMartial Arts
Peglin 2024	Est. copies ≈ 439k–714k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Deckbuilding Rogue-lite
OCTOPATH TRAVELER™ 2019	Est. copies ≈ 498k–809k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8.2M–$22.1M after Steam's cut $14.9M–$34.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	17k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG