How much revenue did Merchants of Rosewall make?

$5k–$13k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Merchants of Rosewall sell?

Q: How many copies did Merchants of Rosewall sell?

868 to 1k copies, based on its 35 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 868–1k; $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before Steam's cut; from 35 reviews (Mostly 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 Merchants of Rosewall and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Merchants of Rosewall's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–41k

best case 586k (Shop Titans)

Games like Merchants of Rosewall

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–41k copies

≈ $8k–$244k after Steam's cut

from ~291 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Shop Titans at ≈ 446k–725k copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 202 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Shop Keeper (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Shop Keeper. The breakout hits carry Idler + Base-Building + Trading; a typical game here doesn't.
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 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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Potion Shop Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$21k after Steam's cut $14k–$32k before Steam's cut	$12.99	88 reviews Very Positive	SimulationEconomy
Trash Goblin 2025	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k 6.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $247k–$664k after Steam's cut $449k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	CasualRelaxing
Shop Titans 2020	Est. copies ≈ 446k–725k 62x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Mostly Positive	IdlerShop Keeper
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Dealer's Life Legend 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before Steam's cut	$14.99	291 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessCozy
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