How much revenue did Trapped Souls make?

$2k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Trapped Souls sell?

Q: How many copies did Trapped Souls sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 33 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 33 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 Trapped Souls and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trapped Souls's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 35k–47k

best case 59k (Meta Ghost: Breaking Show)

Games like Trapped Souls

A typical game among these

≈ 35k–47k copies

≈ $174k–$302k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Meta Ghost: Breaking Show at ≈ 45k–73k copies, ≈ $221k–$594k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 24 reviews in their first month; the range was 8 to 2k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Souls-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Cyberpunk, priced around $18.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2026, 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 38 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
Immortal: Unchained 2018	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $82k–$220k after Steam's cut $149k–$339k before Steam's cut	$10.99	892 reviews Mixed	RPGAction
Panda legend 2022	Est. copies ≈ 918–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $252–$679 after Steam's cut $459–$1k before Steam's cut	$1.00	37 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeSpectacle fighter
Rogue Arrows 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$4.99	43 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Heretical 2024	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $106k–$286k after Steam's cut $193k–$439k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Meta Ghost: Breaking Show 2026	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $221k–$594k after Steam's cut $402k–$913k before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeOnline Co-Op
GUILT: The Deathless 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$36k before Steam's cut	$16.99	76 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Ghoul Castle 3D: Gold Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$2.99	53 reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-likeHack and Slash
One Boss One Fight 2024	Est. copies ≈ 818–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$9.99	33 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite