How much revenue did Dead Cells make?

$38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead Cells sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead Cells sell?

5.6M to 9.1M copies, based on its 184k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5.6M–9.1M; $38.4M–$103.2M after Steam's cut $69.8M–$158.8M before Steam's cut; from 184k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Dead Cells and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Cells's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 226k–1.3M

best case 1.9M (Skul: The Hero Slayer)

Games like Dead Cells

A typical game among these

≈ 226k–1.3M copies

≈ $1.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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.

Best case: Skul: The Hero Slayer at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the range was 975 to 15k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (6 of 8) and Platformer (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-like, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 1 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 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 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 1.5x vs typical 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
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
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
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 178k–290k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $979k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaMetroidvania
Dungreed 2018	Est. copies ≈ 292k–474k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $802k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikePixel Graphics
Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Exit the Gungeon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 93k–152k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $256k–$689k after Steam's cut $466k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	ArcadeAction
BlazBlue Entropy Effect 2024	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	37k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction-Adventure