How much revenue did Assault Android Cactus+ make?

$542k–$1.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Assault Android Cactus+ sell?

Q: How many copies did Assault Android Cactus+ sell?

99k to 160k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 99k–160k; $542k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $985k–$2.2M before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Very 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 Assault Android Cactus+ and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Assault Android Cactus+'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.9M–6.7M

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

Games like Assault Android Cactus+

A typical game among these

≈ 2.9M–6.7M copies

≈ $13.7M–$40.0M after Steam's cut

from ~69k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Action Roguelike (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth at ≈ 25.8M–41.9M copies, ≈ $106.2M–$285.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (3 of 8) and Automobile Sim (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-like, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2021, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 2014	Est. copies ≈ 25.8M–41.9M 6.7x vs typical 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
Enter the Gungeon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	90k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
Bastion 2011	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.0M–$26.8M after Steam's cut $18.1M–$41.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	38k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackIndie
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $27.9M–$75.1M after Steam's cut $50.8M–$115.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	205k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.2M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	204k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Hero Siege 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.8M after Steam's cut $10.7M–$24.4M before Steam's cut	$7.99	48k reviews Mixed	Action RPGPixel Graphics
HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut $16.3M–$37.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpCo-op
ROUNDS 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before Steam's cut	$5.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MultiplayerFighting