How much revenue did Crawl make?

$1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Crawl sell?

Q: How many copies did Crawl sell?

252k to 409k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 252k–409k; $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut; from 7k 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 Crawl and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Crawl's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–48k

best case 1.3M (Lost Castle / 失落城堡)

Games like Crawl

A typical game among these

≈ 14k–48k copies

≈ $57k–$158k after Steam's cut

from ~610 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: Lost Castle / 失落城堡 at ≈ 998k–1.6M copies, ≈ $2.7M–$7.4M 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 297 reviews in their first month; the range was 112 to 325.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Dungeon Crawler (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Dungeon Crawler, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Side Scroller + Multiplayer + First-Person; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, 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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Legend of Dungeon 2013	Est. copies ≈ 104k–168k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $285k–$766k after Steam's cut $518k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $47k–$107k before Steam's cut	$9.99	380 reviews Very Positive	Action Roguelike2D Platformer
Conan Chop Chop 2022	Est. copies ≈ 19k–31k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $80k–$215k after Steam's cut $145k–$330k before Steam's cut	$14.99	781 reviews Mixed	Rogue-liteAction Roguelike
Lost Castle / 失落城堡 2016	Est. copies ≈ 998k–1.6M 39x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	4 Player LocalAction Roguelike
Tallowmere 2015	Est. copies ≈ 42k–68k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $46k–$123k after Steam's cut $83k–$190k before Steam's cut	$3.99	857 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction Roguelike
Barony 2015	Est. copies ≈ 888k–1.4M 30x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.1M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerAction Roguelike
Son of a Witch 2018	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $88k–$236k after Steam's cut $160k–$363k before Steam's cut	$23.99	438 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeOnline Co-Op
Ants Took My Eyeball 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $23k–$62k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before Steam's cut	$12.99	262 reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLoot