How much revenue did Super House of Dead Ninjas make?

$600k–$1.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Super House of Dead Ninjas sell?

Q: How many copies did Super House of Dead Ninjas sell?

109k to 177k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 109k–177k; $600k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Super House of Dead Ninjas and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Super House of Dead Ninjas's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 892k–1.7M

best case 7.3M (Dead Cells)

Games like Super House of Dead Ninjas

A typical game among these

≈ 892k–1.7M copies

≈ $7.3M–$9.5M after Steam's cut

from ~30k 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: Dead Cells at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the range was 3k to 15k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (6 of 8) and Rogue-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Metroidvania, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Adventure + Metroidvania + Souls-like; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 1 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).

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Dead Cells 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 6.2x vs typical 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
Neon Abyss 2020	Est. copies ≈ 586k–952k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.6M after Steam's cut $9.2M–$21.0M before Steam's cut	$31.49	24k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-like Platformer
Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 1.9x vs typical 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
BlazBlue Entropy Effect 2024	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	37k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction-Adventure
Spelunky 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 545k–886k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Very Positive	Platformer2D Platformer
Risk of Rain (2013) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.2M–$13.9M after Steam's cut $9.4M–$21.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	30k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
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
Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaPlatformer