How much revenue did Genome Guardian make?

$64k–$173k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Genome Guardian sell?

Q: How many copies did Genome Guardian sell?

19k to 32k copies, based on its 785 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 19k–32k; $64k–$173k after Steam's cut $117k–$266k before Steam's cut; from 785 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 Genome Guardian and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Genome Guardian's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 592k–931k

best case 11.5M (Risk of Rain 2)

Games like Genome Guardian

A typical game among these

≈ 592k–931k copies

≈ $3.5M–$6.5M after Steam's cut

from ~21k 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: 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 21k reviews in their first month; the range was 11k to 103k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-lite (8 of 8) and Action Roguelike (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Rogue-lite, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Looter Shooter + Co-op; a typical game here doesn't.
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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Streets of Rogue 2019	Est. copies ≈ 665k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.8M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-liteAction Roguelike
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Risk of Rain 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.2M 16x 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
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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
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