How much revenue did Arcane Blast make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Arcane Blast sell?

Q: How many copies did Arcane Blast sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 50 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut; from 50 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 Arcane Blast and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Arcane Blast's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–65k

best case 11.5M (Risk of Rain 2)

Games like Arcane Blast

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–65k copies

≈ $102k–$287k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Risk of Rain 2 at ≈ 8.8M–14.2M copies, ≈ $60.2M–$161.9M after Steam's cut. 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 851 reviews in their first month; the range was 187 to 103k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Rogue-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Third-Person Shooter + Action Roguelike, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Looter Shooter + Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 43 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
Risk of Rain 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.2M 303x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $60.2M–$161.9M after Steam's cut $109.5M–$249.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	353k reviews Very Positive	Third-Person ShooterAction Roguelike
Fictorum 2017	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $110k–$296k after Steam's cut $200k–$455k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeMagic
TOP DOG 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$76k before Steam's cut	$9.99	268 reviews Very Positive	FlightShoot 'Em Up
Vellum 2025	Est. copies ≈ 37k–60k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $201k–$542k after Steam's cut $366k–$833k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeThird-Person Shooter
Atomic Picnic 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $77k–$207k after Steam's cut $140k–$318k before Steam's cut	$19.99	564 reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-likeAction Roguelike
Black Gunner Wukong 2024	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$137k before Steam's cut	$9.99	487 reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpAction Roguelike
What the Fog 2024	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $81k–$219k after Steam's cut $148k–$336k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-liteCartoony
Returnal™ 2023	Est. copies ≈ 276k–448k 9.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.2M after Steam's cut $8.3M–$18.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ActionBullet Hell