How much revenue did Gerty make?

$5k–$15k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Gerty sell?

Q: How many copies did Gerty sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 46 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut; from 46 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 Gerty and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Gerty's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 87k–469k

best case 886k (PlateUp!)

Games like Gerty

A typical game among these

≈ 87k–469k copies

≈ $454k–$2.7M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: PlateUp! at ≈ 675k–1.1M copies, ≈ $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-lite (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Management, priced around $20.
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).

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Vagante 2018	Est. copies ≈ 153k–249k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $631k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteAction Roguelike
Lost Castle / 失落城堡 2016	Est. copies ≈ 998k–1.6M 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	4 Player LocalAction Roguelike
Crawl 2017	Est. copies ≈ 252k–409k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLocal Multiplayer
Legend of Dungeon 2013	Est. copies ≈ 104k–168k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $285k–$766k after Steam's cut $518k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
PlateUp! 2022	Est. copies ≈ 675k–1.1M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	27k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Management
Blazing Beaks 2019	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $312k–$839k after Steam's cut $567k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsAction Roguelike
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