How much revenue did King Smash make?

$782–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did King Smash sell?

Q: How many copies did King Smash sell?

570 to 927 copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 570–927; $782–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 23 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 King Smash and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including King Smash's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 76k–298k

best case 950k (20 Minutes Till Dawn)

Games like King Smash

A typical game among these

≈ 76k–298k copies

≈ $334k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: 20 Minutes Till Dawn at ≈ 724k–1.2M copies, ≈ $993k–$2.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 409 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Rogue-lite (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, 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 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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Atomicrops 2020	Est. copies ≈ 158k–256k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $649k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Spiritfall 2024	Est. copies ≈ 50k–81k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $273k–$734k after Steam's cut $496k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action Roguelike2D Fighter
20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 724k–1.2M 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $993k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Nomad Survival 2022	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $75k–$201k after Steam's cut $136k–$309k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
God Of Weapons 2023	Est. copies ≈ 130k–212k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $215k–$577k after Steam's cut $390k–$888k before Steam's cut	$5.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeInventory Management
Scarlet Tower 2024	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $81k–$219k after Steam's cut $148k–$337k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	VampireAction Roguelike
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OTXO 2023	Est. copies ≈ 99k–160k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $407k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $740k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeTop-Down Shooter