How much revenue did Ruinarch make?

$242k–$651k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ruinarch sell?

Q: How many copies did Ruinarch sell?

35k to 57k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 35k–57k; $242k–$651k after Steam's cut $440k–$1.0M before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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 Ruinarch and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ruinarch's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 35k–466k

best case 846k (Dungeons 3)

Games like Ruinarch

A typical game among these

≈ 35k–466k copies

≈ $124k–$4.8M 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.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Dungeons 3 at ≈ 644k–1.0M copies, ≈ $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 144 reviews in their first month; the range was 16 to 373.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Villain Protagonist (8 of 8) and Base-Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Villain Protagonist + Base-Building, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, and 3 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).

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Orb of Aeternum 2024	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $920–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	27 reviews Positive	StrategyGod Game
Underworld Overseer 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $7k–$20k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before Steam's cut	$19.99	54 reviews Very Positive	Villain ProtagonistGod Game
Dwelvers 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $59k–$135k before Steam's cut	$14.99	319 reviews Mixed	Base-BuildingVillain Protagonist
MachiaVillain 2018	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $135k–$364k after Steam's cut $246k–$560k before Steam's cut	$19.99	810 reviews Mixed	IndieStrategy
Dungeon Keeper™ 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $45k–$120k after Steam's cut $81k–$185k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategyGod Game
Dungeons 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 644k–1.0M 7.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.3M after Steam's cut $9.7M–$22.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	19k reviews Very Positive	StrategyVillain Protagonist
Evil Genius 2009	Est. copies ≈ 228k–371k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $627k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Base-BuildingStrategy
War for the Overworld 2015	Est. copies ≈ 397k–645k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerBase-Building