How much revenue did Bionic Dues make?

$173k–$465k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bionic Dues sell?

Q: How many copies did Bionic Dues sell?

63k to 102k copies, based on its 996 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 63k–102k; $173k–$465k after Steam's cut $314k–$715k before Steam's cut; from 996 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 Bionic Dues and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bionic Dues's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 283k–828k

best case 6.5M (Balatro)

Games like Bionic Dues

A typical game among these

≈ 283k–828k copies

≈ $2.2M–$5.5M 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: Balatro at ≈ 5.0M–8.1M copies, ≈ $20.5M–$55.0M 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 6k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-like (6 of 8) and Turn-Based (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Game + Roguelike Deckbuilder, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Pixel Graphics + Replay Value; 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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Into the Breach 2018	Est. copies ≈ 682k–1.1M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	22k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Balatro 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.5M–$55.0M after Steam's cut $37.2M–$84.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	200k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card GameRoguelike Deckbuilder
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9 Kings 2025	Est. copies ≈ 580k–942k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	23k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRogue-like
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The Last Spell 2023	Est. copies ≈ 341k–555k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	14k reviews Very Positive	StrategySingleplayer
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