How much revenue did City of Brass make?

$139k–$373k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did City of Brass sell?

Q: How many copies did City of Brass sell?

25k to 41k copies, based on its 830 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 25k–41k; $139k–$373k after Steam's cut $252k–$574k before Steam's cut; from 830 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 City of Brass and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including City of Brass's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 36k–39k

best case 108k (Until You Fall)

Games like City of Brass

A typical game among these

≈ 36k–39k copies

≈ $134k–$276k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Until You Fall at ≈ 82k–134k copies, ≈ $565k–$1.5M 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 825 reviews in their first month; the range was 519 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with VR + Swordplay, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry VR + Swordplay + Arcade; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: Only 2 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 36 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
Until You Fall 2020	Est. copies ≈ 82k–134k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $565k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	VRSwordplay
GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon 2022	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $195k–$524k after Steam's cut $354k–$806k before Steam's cut	$24.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-likeHack and Slash
Mirror of Heaven 2024	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $70k–$187k after Steam's cut $127k–$288k before Steam's cut	$9.25	1k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteAction Roguelike
Fate Seeker: Journey 2022	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $82k–$221k after Steam's cut $149k–$340k before Steam's cut	$10.00	1k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGAction
Dungeons of Blood and Dream 2024	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $159k–$429k after Steam's cut $290k–$659k before Steam's cut	$18.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeDungeon Crawler
Dredgers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $48k–$129k after Steam's cut $87k–$199k before Steam's cut	$11.99	506 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeHack and Slash
Neverinth 2020	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $120k–$324k after Steam's cut $219k–$498k before Steam's cut	$15.99	1k reviews Mixed	Rogue-likeAnime
Jianghu Survivor 2023	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $55k–$148k after Steam's cut $100k–$228k before Steam's cut	$6.99	1k reviews Very Positive	CasualAction