How much revenue did Monster Crawl make?

$927–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Monster Crawl sell?

Q: How many copies did Monster Crawl sell?

422 to 685 copies, based on its 17 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 422–685; $927–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 17 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 Monster Crawl and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Monster Crawl's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 64k–82k

best case 92k (Army of Ruin)

Games like Monster Crawl

A typical game among these

≈ 64k–82k copies

≈ $196k–$487k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Army of Ruin at ≈ 70k–114k copies, ≈ $154k–$413k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 865 reviews in their first month; the range was 160 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Top-Down Shooter (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $8.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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 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
Army of Ruin 2023	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $154k–$413k after Steam's cut $279k–$635k before Steam's cut	$7.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
ANVIL 2023	Est. copies ≈ 54k–89k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $374k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $681k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mixed	Top-Down ShooterAction Roguelike
Larva Mortus 2009	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $65k–$174k after Steam's cut $118k–$268k before Steam's cut	$4.99	746 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
God's Trigger 2019	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $120k–$321k after Steam's cut $217k–$495k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Top-Down ShooterAction Roguelike
X Invader 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before Steam's cut	$4.99	580 reviews Mostly Positive	Shoot 'Em UpArena Shooter
Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot 2024	Est. copies ≈ 43k–69k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $59k–$158k after Steam's cut $107k–$243k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
SNAKE FARM 2023	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before Steam's cut	$2.99	442 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Westale: Peelgrimage 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $16k–$44k after Steam's cut $30k–$68k before Steam's cut	$4.99	482 reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell