How much revenue did Roots of Yggdrasil make?

$50k–$134k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Roots of Yggdrasil sell?

Q: How many copies did Roots of Yggdrasil sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 366 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $50k–$134k after Steam's cut $91k–$206k before Steam's cut; from 366 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 Roots of Yggdrasil and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Roots of Yggdrasil's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 245k–327k

best case 18.7M (Cities: Skylines)

Games like Roots of Yggdrasil

A typical game among these

≈ 245k–327k copies

≈ $2.0M–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Cities: Skylines at ≈ 14.2M–23.1M copies, ≈ $117.2M–$315.2M 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 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Deckbuilding (6 of 8) and Rogue-lite (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry City Builder + Building + Management; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, and none of them 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).

Similar games

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Cities: Skylines 2015	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.1M 38x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $117.2M–$315.2M after Steam's cut $213.1M–$484.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	291k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Simulation
Black Book 2021	Est. copies ≈ 168k–272k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerTurn-Based Tactics
月圆之夜 (Night of Full Moon) 2019	Est. copies ≈ 317k–516k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Very Positive	Card GameFree to Play
Backpack Hero 2023	Est. copies ≈ 212k–344k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Replay ValueTurn-Based
Luck be a Landlord 2023	Est. copies ≈ 287k–467k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike Deckbuilder Deckbuilding
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
One Step From Eden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 190k–309k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeDifficult
Potionomics 2022	Est. copies ≈ 184k–299k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	DeckbuildingDating Sim