How much revenue did Helmetman make?

$20k–$53k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Helmetman sell?

Q: How many copies did Helmetman sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 145 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$82k before Steam's cut; from 145 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 Helmetman and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Helmetman's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 402k–482k

best case 8.3M (Slay the Spire)

Games like Helmetman

A typical game among these

≈ 402k–482k copies

≈ $3.5M–$4.1M 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Slay the Spire at ≈ 6.3M–10.3M copies, ≈ $43.5M–$116.9M 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 4k to 16k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Roguelike Deckbuilder (6 of 8) and Card Game (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguelike Deckbuilder + Card Game, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Card Battler + Turn-Based + Rogue-like; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 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 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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