How much revenue did In Celebration of Violence make?

$34k–$91k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did In Celebration of Violence sell?

Q: How many copies did In Celebration of Violence sell?

15k to 25k copies, based on its 507 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–25k; $34k–$91k after Steam's cut $62k–$140k before Steam's cut; from 507 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 In Celebration of Violence and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including In Celebration of Violence's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 115k–165k

best case 10.1M (Hades)

Games like In Celebration of Violence

A typical game among these

≈ 115k–165k copies

≈ $866k–$1.7M 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Hades at ≈ 7.7M–12.5M copies, ≈ $52.9M–$142.2M 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 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 273 to 86k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Rogue-lite (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-lite, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Mythology; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, and 3 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 52 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
Hades 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7.7M–12.5M 79x 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
Hades II 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M 32x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.0M after Steam's cut $46.0M–$104.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	124k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-like
Dwarven Realms 2024	Est. copies ≈ 91k–147k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $249k–$669k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RPGHack and Slash
NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION 2016	Est. copies ≈ 194k–315k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Mixed	Souls-likeAction Roguelike
Dreamscaper 2021	Est. copies ≈ 79k–128k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $543k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $987k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Curse of the Dead Gods 2021	Est. copies ≈ 229k–373k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeIsometric
Going Under 2020	Est. copies ≈ 104k–168k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $711k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeDungeon Crawler
Anomaly Agent 2024	Est. copies ≈ 249k–404k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $820k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$11.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Action Roguelike2D Platformer