How much revenue did Apocalypse Party make?

$371k–$998k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Apocalypse Party sell?

Q: How many copies did Apocalypse Party sell?

135k to 219k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 135k–219k; $371k–$998k after Steam's cut $675k–$1.5M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 Apocalypse Party and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Apocalypse Party's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 807k–2.0M

best case 8.7M (Vampire Survivors)

Games like Apocalypse Party

A typical game among these

≈ 807k–2.0M copies

≈ $3.3M–$7.5M after Steam's cut

from ~28k 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: Vampire Survivors at ≈ 6.6M–10.7M copies, ≈ $9.1M–$24.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 18k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 129k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-lite (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 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 38 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
Vampire Survivors 2022	Est. copies ≈ 6.6M–10.7M 9.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $9.1M–$24.4M after Steam's cut $16.5M–$37.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	267k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Bad North: Jotunn Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 436k–709k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	WargameVikings
Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$10.9M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.8M before Steam's cut	$4.99	119k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSingleplayer
20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 724k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $993k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
HoloCure - Save the Fans! 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsBullet Hell
Nova Drift 2024	Est. copies ≈ 364k–592k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeArena Shooter
Children of Morta 2019	Est. copies ≈ 674k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.9M before Steam's cut	$21.99	23k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRogue-like
PlateUp! 2022	Est. copies ≈ 675k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	27k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Management