How much revenue did Doom Sweeper make?

$28k–$75k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Doom Sweeper sell?

Q: How many copies did Doom Sweeper sell?

20k to 33k copies, based on its 823 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 20k–33k; $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $51k–$116k before Steam's cut; from 823 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 Doom Sweeper and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Doom Sweeper's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.9M–7.3M

best case 10.1M (Hades)

Games like Doom Sweeper

A typical game among these

≈ 3.9M–7.3M copies

≈ $14.5M–$70.8M after Steam's cut

from ~124k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hades at ≈ 7.7M–12.5M copies, ≈ $52.9M–$142.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 86k reviews in their first month.

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 Action Roguelike + Rogue-lite, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2025, and 3 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 38 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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Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 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
Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Dead Cells 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut $69.8M–$158.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	184k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureAction Roguelike
Hades 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7.7M–12.5M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $52.9M–$142.2M after Steam's cut $96.1M–$218.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	310k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Hades II 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.0M after Steam's cut $46.0M–$104.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	124k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-like
Desert Magic Adventures 2021	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $68–$183 after Steam's cut $123–$281 before Steam's cut	$1.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	AdventureAction Roguelike
HackeRPG 2024	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $306–$824 after Steam's cut $556–$1k before Steam's cut	$4.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	Early AccessProgramming
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