How much revenue did Slay the Minotaur make?

$7k–$20k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Slay the Minotaur sell?

Q: How many copies did Slay the Minotaur sell?

5k to 9k copies, based on its 220 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–9k; $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut; from 220 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 Slay the Minotaur and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Slay the Minotaur's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 726k–2.0M

best case 10.1M (Hades)

Games like Slay the Minotaur

A typical game among these

≈ 726k–2.0M copies

≈ $4.3M–$17.3M after Steam's cut

from ~24k 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: Hades at ≈ 7.7M–12.5M copies, ≈ $52.9M–$142.2M 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 3k to 86k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Rogue-lite (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-lite, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, 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 52 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
Hades 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7.7M–12.5M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $52.9M–$142.2M after Steam's cut $96.1M–$218.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	310k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Moonlighter 2018	Est. copies ≈ 747k–1.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashPixel Graphics
Hades II 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.0M after Steam's cut $46.0M–$104.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	124k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-like
Lost Castle / 失落城堡 2016	Est. copies ≈ 998k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	4 Player LocalAction Roguelike
Heroes of Hammerwatch 2018	Est. copies ≈ 290k–471k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteAction Roguelike
Wizard of Legend 2018	Est. copies ≈ 641k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before Steam's cut	$15.99	21k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikePixel Graphics
Ember Knights 2023	Est. copies ≈ 175k–284k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $961k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
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