How much revenue did Beacon make?

Beacon is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Beacon sell?

Q: How many copies did Beacon sell?

5k to 8k copies, based on its 201 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–8k; from 201 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 Beacon and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beacon's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 125k–190k

best case 399k (The Flame in the Flood)

Games like Beacon

A typical game among these

≈ 125k–190k copies

≈ $667k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: The Flame in the Flood at ≈ 304k–494k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 273 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Rogue-lite (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Action Roguelike, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, and none of them 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
Eldritch 2013	Est. copies ≈ 140k–228k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $578k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
The Flame in the Flood 2016	Est. copies ≈ 304k–494k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAdventure
Going Under 2020	Est. copies ≈ 104k–168k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $711k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeDungeon Crawler
Super House of Dead Ninjas 2013	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $600k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeAction
Picayune Dreams 2023	Est. copies ≈ 116k–188k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $159k–$427k after Steam's cut $289k–$657k before Steam's cut	$4.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellPsychedelic
20XX 2017	Est. copies ≈ 158k–256k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $650k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerAction Roguelike
Devil Slayer - Raksasi 2021	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $292k–$786k after Steam's cut $532k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	DifficultAction Roguelike
30XX 2023	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $385k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $700k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeSide Scroller