How much revenue did Rift Loopers make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rift Loopers sell?

Q: How many copies did Rift Loopers sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 119 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before Steam's cut; from 119 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 Rift Loopers and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rift Loopers's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 86k–233k

best case 877k (Soulstone Survivors)

Games like Rift Loopers

A typical game among these

≈ 86k–233k copies

≈ $499k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Soulstone Survivors at ≈ 668k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 203 to 23k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-lite (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, 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 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
Soulstone Survivors 2025	Est. copies ≈ 668k–1.1M 7.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	27k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
CRYPTARK 2017	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $277k–$745k after Steam's cut $504k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction
Revita 2022	Est. copies ≈ 60k–98k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $282k–$760k after Steam's cut $514k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$16.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeTwin Stick Shooter
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
Dead Estate 2021	Est. copies ≈ 165k–268k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $681k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeTwin Stick Shooter
Full Mojo Rampage 2014	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $251k–$674k after Steam's cut $456k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeTwin Stick Shooter
West of Dead 2020	Est. copies ≈ 55k–90k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $304k–$817k after Steam's cut $553k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Replay ValueRogue-like
Rogue: Genesia 2025	Est. copies ≈ 213k–346k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $878k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell