How much revenue did Helheim make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Helheim sell?

Q: How many copies did Helheim sell?

778 to 1k copies, based on its 27 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 778–1k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 27 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 Helheim and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Helheim's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 242k–553k

best case 3.9M (Last Epoch)

Games like Helheim

A typical game among these

≈ 242k–553k copies

≈ $2.0M–$4.6M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Last Epoch at ≈ 2.9M–4.8M copies, ≈ $28.3M–$76.0M 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 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 13 to 86k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hack and Slash (8 of 8) and Action Roguelike (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hack and Slash, priced around $32. The breakout hits carry Action RPG + Loot + RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 2 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 70 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
Shadowlings 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	98 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction Roguelike
Redeemer: Enhanced Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 110k–179k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $363k–$976k after Steam's cut $660k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$11.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionTop-Down
Windblown 2024	Est. copies ≈ 258k–419k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
For Sparta 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $624–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$1.99	46 reviews Positive	Action RoguelikeHack and Slash
Last Epoch 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $28.3M–$76.0M after Steam's cut $51.4M–$116.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	118k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RPGLoot
Gone Viral 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $19k–$42k before Steam's cut	$19.99	75 reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-liteAction
Furi 2016	Est. copies ≈ 585k–951k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Bullet HellHack and Slash
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 8.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.1M–$110.6M after Steam's cut $74.8M–$170.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackHack and Slash