How much revenue did Spell Defender make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Spell Defender sell?

Q: How many copies did Spell Defender sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 142 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before the cut; from 142 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Spell Defender out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Spell Defender's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.0M–4.3M

best case 33.1M (The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth)

Games like Spell Defender

The middle of these games

≈ 3.0M–4.3M copies

≈ $13.4M–$31.1M after Steam's cut

from ~83k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth at ≈ 25.2M–41.0M copies, ≈ $104.0M–$279.6M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 74k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 15k to 129k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-like (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2025, and 1 of your 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).

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The Binding of Isaac 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.5M before the cut	$4.99	63k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
Hades 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.4M 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $52.6M–$141.3M after Steam's cut $95.5M–$217.4M before the cut	$24.99	308k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
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Hades II 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.2M–$67.6M after Steam's cut $45.7M–$104.1M before the cut	$29.99	123k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-like
Risk of Rain 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 8.7M–14.2M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $60.1M–$161.5M after Steam's cut $109.2M–$248.5M before the cut	$24.99	352k reviews Very Positive	Third-Person ShooterAction Roguelike
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 2014	Est. copies ≈ 25.2M–41.0M 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $104.0M–$279.6M after Steam's cut $189.1M–$430.1M before the cut	$14.99	450k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.1M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.5M before the cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction