How much revenue did Elemental World make?

$954–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Elemental World sell?

Q: How many copies did Elemental World sell?

496 to 806 copies, based on its 20 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 496–806; $954–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 20 reviews (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 Elemental World and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Elemental World's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12.7M–23.8M

best case 33.8M (The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth)

Games like Elemental World

A typical game among these

≈ 12.7M–23.8M copies

≈ $82.3M–$153.4M after Steam's cut

from ~427k 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 Binding of Isaac: Rebirth at ≈ 25.8M–41.9M copies, ≈ $106.2M–$285.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 42k reviews in their first month; the range was 15 to 103k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (6 of 8) and Rogue-like (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-like, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 2014	Est. copies ≈ 25.8M–41.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $106.2M–$285.5M after Steam's cut $193.0M–$439.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	460k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
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