How much revenue did Drawkanoid make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Drawkanoid sell?

Q: How many copies did Drawkanoid sell?

893 to 1k copies, based on its 36 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 893–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 36 reviews (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 Drawkanoid and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Drawkanoid's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 603–9k

best case 8.7M (Vampire Survivors)

Games like Drawkanoid

A typical game among these

≈ 603–9k copies

≈ $699–$116k after Steam's cut

from ~41 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Vampire Survivors at ≈ 6.6M–10.7M copies, ≈ $9.1M–$24.4M 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 24 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 129k.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (6 of 8) and Bullet Hell (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Action Roguelike + Pixel Graphics + Vampire; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: Only 1 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 36 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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Vampire Survivors 2022	Est. copies ≈ 6.6M–10.7M 6503x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $9.1M–$24.4M after Steam's cut $16.5M–$37.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	267k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
DEMON'S TILT 2019	Est. copies ≈ 29k–48k 25x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $162k–$435k after Steam's cut $294k–$670k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	PinballIndie
Go Mecha Ball 2024	Est. copies ≈ 11k–19k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $63k–$169k after Steam's cut $114k–$259k before Steam's cut	$19.99	460 reviews Very Positive	Shoot 'Em UpTwin Stick Shooter
BATTLE ARENA: Robot Apocalypse 2021	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $101–$272 after Steam's cut $184–$419 before Steam's cut	$0.99	15 reviews Positive	Arena ShooterHero Shooter
Things That Bounce and Explode 2021	Est. copies ≈ 546–887 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $599–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$3.99	22 reviews Positive	ActionArcade
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Grove flowers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 230–374 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $379–$1k after Steam's cut $689–$2k before Steam's cut	$5.99	8 reviews 8 user reviews	CasualIndie
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