How much revenue did Pape Rangers make?

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

How many copies did Pape Rangers sell?

Q: How many copies did Pape Rangers sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 178 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before Steam's cut; from 178 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 Pape Rangers and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pape Rangers's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 480k–1.4M

best case 4.9M (Enter the Gungeon)

Games like Pape Rangers

A typical game among these

≈ 480k–1.4M copies

≈ $2.1M–$6.9M after Steam's cut

from ~18k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Enter the Gungeon at ≈ 3.7M–6.1M copies, ≈ $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 15k reviews in their first month; the range was 769 to 41k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Bullet Hell (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Bullet Hell + Action Roguelike, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 3 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Enter the Gungeon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	90k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
Nuclear Throne 2015	Est. copies ≈ 967k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$11.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
HoloCure - Save the Fans! 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsBullet Hell
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok 2024	Est. copies ≈ 157k–256k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $432k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $786k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's cut $7.8M–$17.8M before Steam's cut	$12.99	49k reviews Very Positive	DwarfAction Roguelike
The Spell Brigade 2026	Est. copies ≈ 419k–682k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$12.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeOnline Co-Op
Tiny Rogues 2022	Est. copies ≈ 267k–435k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $735k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising 2018	Est. copies ≈ 398k–647k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Top-Down ShooterRogue-lite