How much revenue did Rock of Ages make?

$713k–$1.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rock of Ages sell?

Q: How many copies did Rock of Ages sell?

259k to 422k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 259k–422k; $713k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Rock of Ages and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rock of Ages's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 118k–4.7M

best case 7.4M (Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced)

Games like Rock of Ages

A typical game among these

≈ 118k–4.7M copies

≈ $649k–$18.4M after Steam's cut

from ~14k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced at ≈ 5.7M–9.2M copies, ≈ $46.6M–$125.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 180 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 35k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (5 of 8) and Competitive (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Crime, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2025, 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $524k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $953k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyAction
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced 2025	Est. copies ≈ 5.7M–9.2M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $46.6M–$125.3M after Steam's cut $84.7M–$192.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	228k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicCombat Racing
SpeedRunners 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.2M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	37k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRacing
Wander 2024	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$109 after Steam's cut $74–$168 before Steam's cut	$0.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Early AccessStrategy
Battle Ranch: Pigs vs Plants 2015	Est. copies ≈ 53k–85k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$119k before Steam's cut	$1.99	1k reviews Mixed	IndieStrategy
Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break 2020	Est. copies ≈ 44k–71k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $180k–$483k after Steam's cut $327k–$743k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyAction
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition 2009	Est. copies ≈ 9.9M–16.1M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.6M–$36.5M after Steam's cut $24.7M–$56.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	156k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseZombies