How much revenue did One Way Heroics make?

$223k–$601k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did One Way Heroics sell?

Q: How many copies did One Way Heroics sell?

233k to 378k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 233k–378k; $223k–$601k after Steam's cut $406k–$924k before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 One Way Heroics and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including One Way Heroics's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12k–62k

best case 300k (Elin)

Games like One Way Heroics

A typical game among these

≈ 12k–62k copies

≈ $73k–$294k after Steam's cut

from ~691 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: Elin at ≈ 229k–372k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 322 reviews in their first month; the range was 160 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-like (6 of 8) and Mystery Dungeon (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Character Customization + Open World, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18k–29k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $49k–$132k after Steam's cut $89k–$203k before Steam's cut	$9.99	429 reviews Mixed	RPGRogue-like
Shattered Pixel Dungeon 2022	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $150k–$404k after Steam's cut $273k–$621k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Traditional RoguelikeDungeon Crawler
Dead Dungeon 2018	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $22k–$49k before Steam's cut	$4.99	285 reviews Very Positive	Platformer Precision Platformer
Tangledeep 2018	Est. copies ≈ 45k–74k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $187k–$502k after Steam's cut $339k–$772k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeTurn-Based Tactics
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate 2020	Est. copies ≈ 24k–38k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $130k–$349k after Steam's cut $236k–$537k before Steam's cut	$19.99	953 reviews Mostly Positive	Mystery DungeonRogue-like
Nova-111 2015	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut	$4.99	183 reviews Mostly Positive	SingleplayerSci-fi
Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $59k–$159k after Steam's cut $108k–$245k before Steam's cut	$24.99	347 reviews Very Positive	Mystery DungeonRPG
Elin 2024	Est. copies ≈ 229k–372k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessCharacter Customization