How much revenue did Bloody Rune make?

$871–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bloody Rune sell?

Q: How many copies did Bloody Rune sell?

794 to 1k copies, based on its 32 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 794–1k; $871–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 32 reviews (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 Bloody Rune and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bloody Rune's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 149k–283k

best case 6.5M (Balatro)

Games like Bloody Rune

A typical game among these

≈ 149k–283k copies

≈ $1.4M–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Balatro at ≈ 5.0M–8.1M copies, ≈ $20.5M–$55.0M 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 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-like (7 of 8) and Card Game (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Game + Roguelike Deckbuilder, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Replay Value + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: Only 1 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).

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Balatro 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 34x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.5M–$55.0M after Steam's cut $37.2M–$84.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	200k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card GameRoguelike Deckbuilder
The Legend of Bum-Bo 2019	Est. copies ≈ 171k–278k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $705k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteIndie
Backpack Hero 2023	Est. copies ≈ 212k–344k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Replay ValueTurn-Based
Monster Train 2020	Est. copies ≈ 570k–927k 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card BattlerRogue-lite
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles 2023	Est. copies ≈ 114k–185k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $782k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	DiceRoguelike Deckbuilder
Alina of the Arena 2022	Est. copies ≈ 98k–160k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $406k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $738k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike Deckbuilder Rogue-like
Roguebook 2021	Est. copies ≈ 114k–185k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $783k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RPGIndie
Wildfrost 2023	Est. copies ≈ 220k–357k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerDifficult