How much revenue did SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition make?

$170k–$457k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition sell?

77k to 126k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 77k–126k; $170k–$457k after Steam's cut $309k–$703k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.0M–11.1M

best case 33.8M (The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth)

Games like SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 5.0M–11.1M copies

≈ $18.0M–$107.6M after Steam's cut

from ~200k 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: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth at ≈ 25.8M–41.9M copies, ≈ $106.2M–$285.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 15k reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 103k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-like (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-like, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2022, 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 79 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
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 2014	Est. copies ≈ 25.8M–41.9M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $106.2M–$285.5M after Steam's cut $193.0M–$439.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	460k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
Enter the Gungeon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.5M after Steam's cut $28.1M–$63.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	90k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
Risk of Rain 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 8.8M–14.2M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $60.2M–$161.9M after Steam's cut $109.5M–$249.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	353k reviews Very Positive	Third-Person ShooterAction Roguelike
The Binding of Isaac 2011	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.6M before Steam's cut	$4.99	63k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Hades 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7.7M–12.5M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $52.9M–$142.2M after Steam's cut $96.1M–$218.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	310k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Krypt 2022	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $68–$183 after Steam's cut $123–$281 before Steam's cut	$1.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	ActionAdventure
Mottia - The gem hunters 2022	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $83–$221 after Steam's cut $150–$340 before Steam's cut	$5.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Early AccessAction Roguelike