How much revenue did Rabbit and Steel make?

$1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rabbit and Steel sell?

Q: How many copies did Rabbit and Steel sell?

289k to 469k copies, based on its 12k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 289k–469k; $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut; from 12k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Rabbit and Steel and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rabbit and Steel's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 983k–4.2M

best case 11.5M (Risk of Rain 2)

Games like Rabbit and Steel

A typical game among these

≈ 983k–4.2M copies

≈ $7.5M–$19.7M after Steam's cut

from ~48k 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: Risk of Rain 2 at ≈ 8.8M–14.2M copies, ≈ $60.2M–$161.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 26k reviews in their first month; the range was 8k to 103k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Rogue-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Third-Person Shooter + Action Roguelike, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 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 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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Realm of the Mad God Exalt 2012	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	48k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsMMORPG
Crab Champions 2023	Est. copies ≈ 774k–1.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	31k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Enter the Gungeon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	90k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
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Risk of Rain 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.2M 7.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $60.2M–$161.9M after Steam's cut $109.5M–$249.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	353k reviews Very Positive	Third-Person ShooterAction Roguelike
Children of Morta 2019	Est. copies ≈ 674k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.9M before Steam's cut	$21.99	23k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRogue-like
Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$10.9M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	119k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSingleplayer
Roboquest 2023	Est. copies ≈ 608k–989k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction Roguelike