How much revenue did The Ascent make?

$5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Ascent sell?

Q: How many copies did The Ascent sell?

605k to 983k copies, based on its 24k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 605k–983k; $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before the cut; from 24k reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left The Ascent out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Ascent's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 26k–128k

best case 424k (Yet Another Zombie Survivors)

The Top-Down Shooter genre

5 of your 8 similar games are hits. A niche genre: plan for a small audience.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 26k–128k copies

≈ $107k–$644k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Best case

≈ 323k–525k copies

Yet Another Zombie Survivors · ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Top-Down Shooter (4 of 8) and Action RPG (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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