How much revenue did Bloodroots make?

$42k–$114k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bloodroots sell?

Q: How many copies did Bloodroots sell?

8k to 13k copies, based on its 311 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–13k; $42k–$114k after Steam's cut $77k–$175k before Steam's cut; from 311 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 Bloodroots and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bloodroots's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 51k–119k

best case 5.2M (Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number)

Games like Bloodroots

A typical game among these

≈ 51k–119k copies

≈ $295k–$691k 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number at ≈ 3.9M–6.4M copies, ≈ $16.2M–$43.5M 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 503 reviews in their first month; the range was 122 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Violent (7 of 8) and Gore (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Gore + Violent, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack + Retro + Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
GARAGE: Bad Trip 2018	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $102k–$275k after Steam's cut $186k–$423k before Steam's cut	$14.99	817 reviews Mixed	GoreAction
APE OUT 2019	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $490k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $891k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ViolentIndie
Colt Canyon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $218k–$585k after Steam's cut $396k–$900k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	WesternBlood
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.4M 38x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.2M–$43.5M after Steam's cut $29.4M–$66.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	80k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackGore
Suit for Hire 2025	Est. copies ≈ 83k–135k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $342k–$919k after Steam's cut $622k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction
The Hong Kong Massacre 2019	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $324k–$870k after Steam's cut $589k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionBullet Time
OTXO 2023	Est. copies ≈ 99k–160k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $407k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $740k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeTop-Down Shooter
Merry Glade 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut	$0.99	245 reviews Very Positive	IndieCasual