How much revenue did Versus Purgatory make?

$14–$36 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Versus Purgatory sell?

Q: How many copies did Versus Purgatory sell?

50 to 81 copies, based on its 2 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 50–81; $14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before Steam's cut; from 2 reviews (2 user reviews); Only 2 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Versus Purgatory and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Versus Purgatory's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 34k–125k

best case 433k (Relic Hunters Zero: Remix)

Games like Versus Purgatory

A typical game among these

≈ 34k–125k copies

≈ $243k–$611k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Relic Hunters Zero: Remix at ≈ 330k–536k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 160 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Top-Down Shooter (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Looter Shooter + Twin Stick Shooter.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, and none of them 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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Relic Hunters Zero: Remix 2015	Est. copies ≈ 330k–536k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Very Positive	Looter ShooterTwin Stick Shooter
God's Trigger 2019	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $120k–$321k after Steam's cut $217k–$495k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Top-Down ShooterAction Roguelike
SNAKE FARM 2023	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before Steam's cut	$2.99	442 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Voidigo 2023	Est. copies ≈ 122k–199k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $168k–$451k after Steam's cut $305k–$694k before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeTwin Stick Shooter
Waves 2: Notorious 2015	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	327 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Neon Chrome 2016	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $203k–$545k after Steam's cut $368k–$838k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkTwin Stick Shooter
SYNTHETIK 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 87k–141k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $476k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $866k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessRogue-lite
ANVIL 2023	Est. copies ≈ 54k–89k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $374k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $681k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mixed	Top-Down ShooterAction Roguelike