How much revenue did Runemancer make?

$54–$146 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Runemancer sell?

Q: How many copies did Runemancer sell?

99 to 161 copies, based on its 4 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 99–161; $54–$146 after Steam's cut $99–$224 before Steam's cut; from 4 reviews (4 user reviews); Only 4 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Runemancer and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Runemancer's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 293–2k

best case 18k (Crop Rotation)

Games like Runemancer

A typical game among these

≈ 293–2k copies

≈ $841–$34k after Steam's cut

from ~19 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Crop Rotation at ≈ 14k–23k copies, ≈ $38k–$103k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 134 reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Auto Battler (5 of 8) and Rogue-like (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguelike Deckbuilder + Deckbuilding, priced around $10.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Merge & Blade 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k 7.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $9k–$25k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before Steam's cut	$9.99	137 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyPuzzle
One Life Clicker 2023	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $231–$620 after Steam's cut $420–$954 before Steam's cut	$1.99	17 reviews Mixed	ClickerIdler
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