How much revenue did We Need To Go Deeper make?

$766k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did We Need To Go Deeper sell?

Q: How many copies did We Need To Go Deeper sell?

174k to 283k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174k–283k; $766k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut; from 6k 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 We Need To Go Deeper and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including We Need To Go Deeper's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–5k

best case 570k (Labyrinthine)

Games like We Need To Go Deeper

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–5k copies

≈ $1k–$11k after Steam's cut

from ~96 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Rogue-lite (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Labyrinthine at ≈ 434k–706k copies, ≈ $1.2M–$3.2M 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 29 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 11k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-lite (4 of 8) and Action Roguelike (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Co-op, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Online Co-Op + Puzzle + Psychological Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2026, 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 52 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Phantasmal: Survival Horror Roguelike 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	367 reviews Mixed	HorrorMultiplayer
RAGMONTON 2023	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 before Steam's cut	$4.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Action RoguelikeRoguevania
Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef 2026	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before Steam's cut	$9.99	99 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Abyss Crew 2025	Est. copies ≈ 446–725 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$9.99	18 reviews Mixed	SubmarineUnderwater
Labyrinthine 2023	Est. copies ≈ 434k–706k 183x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	18k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Monsters 'til Midnight 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$4.99	96 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Liberte 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $25k–$69k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before Steam's cut	$19.99	187 reviews Mixed	SingleplayerIndie
Mineirinho Wildtides DC 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $378–$1k after Steam's cut $688–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	56 reviews Mixed	2D FighterShoot 'Em Up