How much revenue did Arcane Ascent make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Arcane Ascent sell?

Q: How many copies did Arcane Ascent sell?

769 to 1k copies, based on its 31 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 769–1k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut; from 31 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 Arcane Ascent and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Arcane Ascent's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–3k

best case 278k (Backpack Hero)

Games like Arcane Ascent

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–3k copies

≈ $6k–$20k after Steam's cut

from ~64 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.

Best case: Backpack Hero at ≈ 212k–344k copies, ≈ $1.2M–$3.1M 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 44 reviews in their first month; the range was 14 to 6k.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Deckbuilding (8 of 8) and Roguelike Deckbuilder (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Replay Value + Turn-Based, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Replay Value + Inventory Management + Fantasy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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