How much revenue did An Ankou make?

$21k–$57k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did An Ankou sell?

Q: How many copies did An Ankou sell?

15k to 25k copies, based on its 618 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–25k; $21k–$57k after Steam's cut $38k–$87k before Steam's cut; from 618 reviews (Mixed)

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 An Ankou and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including An Ankou's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 206k–399k

best case 980k (Moonlighter)

Games like An Ankou

A typical game among these

≈ 206k–399k copies

≈ $797k–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Moonlighter at ≈ 747k–1.2M copies, ≈ $4.1M–$11.0M 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 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 11k.

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 Rogue-like + Action Roguelike, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Rogue-like; a typical game here doesn't.
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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Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 2.6x vs typical 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
EVERSPACE™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 395k–642k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceAction Roguelike
Ravenswatch 2024	Est. copies ≈ 574k–933k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.6M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-like Co-op
Necrosmith 2022	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $109k–$294k after Steam's cut $199k–$453k before Steam's cut	$2.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ZombiesAction Roguelike
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Curse of the Dead Gods 2021	Est. copies ≈ 229k–373k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeIsometric
Moonlighter 2018	Est. copies ≈ 747k–1.2M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashPixel Graphics
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