How much revenue did Pest Apocalypse make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pest Apocalypse sell?

Q: How many copies did Pest Apocalypse sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 79 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut; from 79 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 Pest Apocalypse and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pest Apocalypse's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–22k

best case 79k (Geometry Arena)

Games like Pest Apocalypse

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–22k copies

≈ $11k–$86k after Steam's cut

from ~276 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Geometry Arena at ≈ 60k–97k copies, ≈ $99k–$265k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 295 reviews in their first month; the range was 49 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Bullet Hell (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-lite + Bullet Hell, priced around $6.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 3 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 52 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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Geometry Arena 2021	Est. copies ≈ 60k–97k 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $99k–$265k after Steam's cut $179k–$408k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-lite Bullet Hell
Stellar Interface 2016	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $61k–$138k before Steam's cut	$12.99	224 reviews Mostly Positive	Bullet HellShoot 'Em Up
Duck Paradox 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $22k–$60k after Steam's cut $41k–$92k before Steam's cut	$9.99	328 reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerShoot 'Em Up
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