How much revenue did Ascent of the Dragon make?

$176–$475 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ascent of the Dragon sell?

Q: How many copies did Ascent of the Dragon sell?

322 to 524 copies, based on its 13 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 322–524; $176–$475 after Steam's cut $320–$730 before Steam's cut; from 13 reviews (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 Ascent of the Dragon and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ascent of the Dragon's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–83k

best case 328k (BIT.TRIP RUNNER)

Games like Ascent of the Dragon

A typical game among these

≈ 15k–83k copies

≈ $38k–$269k after Steam's cut

from ~898 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: BIT.TRIP RUNNER at ≈ 250k–406k copies, ≈ $686k–$1.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 731 reviews in their first month; the range was 258 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (6 of 8) and Runner (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Platformer, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2025, and 2 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 79 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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