How much revenue did Tangledeep make?

$187k–$502k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tangledeep sell?

Q: How many copies did Tangledeep sell?

45k to 74k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 45k–74k; $187k–$502k after Steam's cut $339k–$772k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Tangledeep and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tangledeep's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–13k

best case 17k (Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island)

Games like Tangledeep

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–13k copies

≈ $15k–$92k after Steam's cut

from ~163 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island at ≈ 13k–21k copies, ≈ $141k–$380k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 53 reviews in their first month; the range was 15 to 160.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Mystery Dungeon (5 of 8) and Rogue-like (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-like + Mystery Dungeon, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Is It Wrong to Repay the Debt in a Dungeon? 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $17k–$47k after Steam's cut $32k–$72k before Steam's cut	$17.99	142 reviews Very Positive	NuditySexual Content
Nova-111 2015	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut	$4.99	183 reviews Mostly Positive	SingleplayerSci-fi
Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG 2019	Est. copies ≈ 11k–19k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $47k–$127k after Steam's cut $86k–$195k before Steam's cut	$14.99	397 reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeRogue-like
Lazriel: The Demon's Fall 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before Steam's cut	$14.99	89 reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerTurn-Based Tactics
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island 2024	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $141k–$380k after Steam's cut $257k–$584k before Steam's cut	$39.99	518 reviews Very Positive	RPGRogue-like
Dread Nautical 2020	Est. copies ≈ 794–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$19.99	32 reviews Mostly Positive	LovecraftianIndie
Get Ogre It 2020	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$11.99	29 reviews Mostly Positive	Mystery DungeonTop-Down
Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $59k–$159k after Steam's cut $108k–$245k before Steam's cut	$24.99	347 reviews Very Positive	Mystery DungeonRPG