How much revenue did Oblivion Override make?

$252k–$677k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Oblivion Override sell?

Q: How many copies did Oblivion Override sell?

51k to 83k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 51k–83k; $252k–$677k after Steam's cut $458k–$1.0M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Oblivion Override and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Oblivion Override's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 159k–1.5M

best case 7.3M (Dead Cells)

Games like Oblivion Override

A typical game among these

≈ 159k–1.5M copies

≈ $941k–$7.4M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Dead Cells at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 15k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-lite (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Metroidvania, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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
Dead Cells 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 27x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut $69.8M–$158.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	184k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureAction Roguelike
Abyss Odyssey 2014	Est. copies ≈ 142k–231k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $585k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mixed	ActionAction Roguelike
Anomaly Agent 2024	Est. copies ≈ 249k–404k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $820k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$11.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Action Roguelike2D Platformer
Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Lost Castle / 失落城堡 2016	Est. copies ≈ 998k–1.6M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	4 Player LocalAction Roguelike
Rampage Knights 2015	Est. copies ≈ 176k–287k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $630k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAction Roguelike
Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial 2019	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $285k–$766k after Steam's cut $518k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Female ProtagonistAction Roguelike
Blade Assault 2022	Est. copies ≈ 57k–93k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $282k–$757k after Steam's cut $512k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionRogue-like