How much revenue did Jupiter Hell make?

$362k–$973k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Jupiter Hell sell?

Q: How many copies did Jupiter Hell sell?

53k to 86k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 53k–86k; $362k–$973k after Steam's cut $658k–$1.5M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Jupiter Hell and predicted how it would do from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Jupiter Hell's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 48k–172k

best case 415k (Caves of Qud)

Games like Jupiter Hell

A typical game among these

≈ 48k–172k copies

≈ $273k–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

3 of the 4 similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Caves of Qud at ≈ 316k–514k copies, ≈ $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Traditional Roguelike (4 of 4) and Turn-Based (4 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Procedural Generation + Turn-Based Combat, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 1 of the 4 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 43 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
Cogmind 2017	Est. copies ≈ 70k–113k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $479k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $870k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessTraditional Roguelike
Tangledeep 2018	Est. copies ≈ 45k–74k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $187k–$502k after Steam's cut $339k–$772k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeTurn-Based Tactics
Caves of Qud 2024	Est. copies ≈ 316k–514k 7.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Procedural GenerationTurn-Based Combat
Golden Krone Hotel 2017	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$133k before Steam's cut	$9.99	340 reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeTurn-Based