How much revenue did Pixel Piracy make?

$1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pixel Piracy sell?

Q: How many copies did Pixel Piracy sell?

412k to 669k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 412k–669k; $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before Steam's cut; from 7k reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 415–62k

best case 1.9M (Skul: The Hero Slayer)

Games like Pixel Piracy

A typical game among these

≈ 415–62k copies

≈ $688–$236k after Steam's cut

from ~213 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Skul: The Hero Slayer at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 152 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 15k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (5 of 8) and Rogue-like (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-like, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, 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).

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Roguelands 2016	Est. copies ≈ 155k–252k 17x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $426k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $774k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
ONCE IN MY HEAD 2022	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $61–$164 after Steam's cut $111–$253 before Steam's cut	$2.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Early AccessAdventure
Space Bob vs. The Replicons 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut	$14.99	98 reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Switchcars 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before Steam's cut	$8.99	467 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction
Alien Protection 2023	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $409–$1k after Steam's cut $744–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	12 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionCombat
Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 271x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Planet Barren Objective 2022	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $265–$713 after Steam's cut $481–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.99	13 reviews Positive	Side ScrollerExploration
Duck Paradox 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k 1.5x vs typical 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