How much revenue did 1001st Hyper Tower make?

$5k–$13k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 1001st Hyper Tower sell?

Q: How many copies did 1001st Hyper Tower sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 49 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut; from 49 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 1001st Hyper Tower and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 1001st Hyper Tower's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 192k–407k

best case 799k (Roboquest)

Games like 1001st Hyper Tower

A typical game among these

≈ 192k–407k copies

≈ $1.0M–$3.2M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Roboquest at ≈ 608k–989k copies, ≈ $4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 926 to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and FPS (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with FPS + Action Roguelike, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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Ziggurat 2014	Est. copies ≈ 222k–362k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $917k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteAction
BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 283k–461k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FPS Rhythm
Void Bastards 2019	Est. copies ≈ 157k–255k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
Delver 2018	Est. copies ≈ 87k–141k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $358k–$962k after Steam's cut $650k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerFirst-Person
Immortal Redneck 2017	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $632k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$19.95	3k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Roboquest 2023	Est. copies ≈ 608k–989k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 318k–516k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	13k reviews Very Positive	FPSTime Manipulation
Post Void 2020	Est. copies ≈ 308k–500k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $253k–$680k after Steam's cut $460k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$2.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSPsychedelic