How much revenue did Towers Deck make?

$3k–$8k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Towers Deck sell?

Q: How many copies did Towers Deck sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 42 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut; from 42 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 Towers Deck and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Towers Deck's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 377k–813k

best case 813k (The Riftbreaker)

Games like Towers Deck

A typical game among these

≈ 377k–813k copies

≈ $2.0M–$3.9M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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: The Riftbreaker at ≈ 619k–1.0M copies, ≈ $5.1M–$13.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 16k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (6 of 8) and Building (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Base-Building + Tower Defense, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 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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Stronghold: Definitive Edition 2023	Est. copies ≈ 258k–419k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	City BuilderStrategy
Stronghold HD (2012) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 661k–1.1M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$5.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Real Time TacticsCity Builder
Magic Ocean - Multiplayer Roguelike 2021	Est. copies ≈ 347–564 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	14 reviews Mixed	Turn-Based TacticsPvP
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The Riftbreaker 2021	Est. copies ≈ 619k–1.0M 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.7M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingTower Defense
Digs TD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$60k before Steam's cut	$19.99	106 reviews Mixed	Tower DefenseStrategy
Tower Knight 2024	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $579–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	17 reviews Positive	Tower Defense Rogue-like
Book of Demons 2018	Est. copies ≈ 287k–467k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon Crawler Roguelike Deckbuilder