How much revenue did Robo Miner make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Robo Miner sell?

Q: How many copies did Robo Miner sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 44 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut; from 44 reviews (Mostly 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 Robo Miner and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Robo Miner's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 508k–1.3M

best case 1.6M (Rogue Legacy)

Games like Robo Miner

A typical game among these

≈ 508k–1.3M copies

≈ $3.3M–$7.2M after Steam's cut

from ~13k 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: Rogue Legacy at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (8 of 8) and Arcade (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguevania + Platformer, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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
Rogue Legacy 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 376k–611k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	ArcadeMetroidvania
Downwell 2015	Est. copies ≈ 421k–685k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $346k–$931k after Steam's cut $630k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$2.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Precision PlatformerAction Roguelike
SteamWorld Dig 2013	Est. copies ≈ 698k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	11k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerMining
SteamWorld Dig 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 314k–510k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureMetroidvania
Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaPlatformer
Gilligan's Gold 2022	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $61–$164 after Steam's cut $111–$253 before Steam's cut	$2.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Action2D Platformer
Robo Miner 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 115–187 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $126–$339 after Steam's cut $229–$522 before Steam's cut	$3.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	CasualMining
Spelunky 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.7M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$18.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Platformer Rogue-like