How much revenue did Sketch Crawler make?

$17k–$45k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sketch Crawler sell?

Q: How many copies did Sketch Crawler sell?

9k to 14k copies, based on its 350 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–14k; $17k–$45k after Steam's cut $30k–$69k before Steam's cut; from 350 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 Sketch Crawler and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sketch Crawler's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 147k–402k

best case 8.3M (Slay the Spire)

Games like Sketch Crawler

A typical game among these

≈ 147k–402k copies

≈ $1.1M–$3.5M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Slay the Spire at ≈ 6.3M–10.3M copies, ≈ $43.5M–$116.9M 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 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 761 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Roguelike Deckbuilder (7 of 8) and Card Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguelike Deckbuilder + Card Game, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Card Battler + Turn-Based + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 1 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 61 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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Dice & Fold 2024	Est. copies ≈ 97k–158k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $347k–$934k after Steam's cut $631k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$12.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerDungeon Crawler
Hand of Fate 2015	Est. copies ≈ 522k–848k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's cut $5.2M–$11.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike Deckbuilder Rogue-like
Slay the Spire 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.3M–10.3M 38x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $43.5M–$116.9M after Steam's cut $79.0M–$179.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	220k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderCard Game
Across the Obelisk 2022	Est. copies ≈ 326k–529k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeStrategy
Trials of Fire 2021	Est. copies ≈ 81k–131k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $445k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $809k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerTurn-Based Tactics
Hand of Fate 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 200k–326k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RPGRoguelike Deckbuilder
Ring of Pain 2020	Est. copies ≈ 127k–206k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $697k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerCard Game
Book of Demons 2018	Est. copies ≈ 287k–467k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon Crawler Roguelike Deckbuilder