How much revenue did HyperRogue make?

$67k–$179k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did HyperRogue sell?

Q: How many copies did HyperRogue sell?

24k to 39k copies, based on its 497 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–39k; $67k–$179k after Steam's cut $121k–$276k before Steam's cut; from 497 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 HyperRogue and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including HyperRogue's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 55k–125k

best case 284k (The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-)

Games like HyperRogue

A typical game among these

≈ 55k–125k copies

≈ $345k–$903k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- at ≈ 216k–351k copies, ≈ $4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 656 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-like (5 of 8) and Turn-Based Tactics (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Multiple Endings + Story Rich, priced around $70.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, 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 43 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 Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- 2025	Est. copies ≈ 216k–351k 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.2M before Steam's cut	$69.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Multiple EndingsStory Rich
Brutal Orchestra 2021	Est. copies ≈ 52k–85k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $287k–$770k after Steam's cut $521k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRPG
Cogmind 2017	Est. copies ≈ 70k–113k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $479k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $870k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessTraditional Roguelike
Low Magic Age 2017	Est. copies ≈ 121k–197k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $500k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $910k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessDungeons & Dragons
Tangledeep 2018	Est. copies ≈ 45k–74k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $187k–$502k after Steam's cut $339k–$772k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeTurn-Based Tactics
CELLAR 2021	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $477–$1k after Steam's cut $867–$2k before Steam's cut	$6.99	10 reviews Positive	Traditional RoguelikeRogue-like
Out Of Hands 2025	Est. copies ≈ 38k–62k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $188k–$505k after Steam's cut $342k–$777k before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SurrealCard Battler
Prime of Flames 2022	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $70k–$188k after Steam's cut $127k–$289k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG