How much revenue did Ring of Pain make?

$697k–$1.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ring of Pain sell?

Q: How many copies did Ring of Pain sell?

127k to 206k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 127k–206k; $697k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut; from 5k reviews (Very 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 Ring of Pain and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ring of Pain's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 241k–439k

best case 8.3M (Slay the Spire)

Games like Ring of Pain

A typical game among these

≈ 241k–439k copies

≈ $2.4M–$3.5M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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: Slay the Spire at ≈ 6.3M–10.3M copies, ≈ $43.5M–$116.9M 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 1k to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Roguelike Deckbuilder (6 of 8) and Card Game (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguelike Deckbuilder + Card Game, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Card Battler + Turn-Based + Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, 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 61 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
Slay the Spire 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.3M–10.3M 23x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $43.5M–$116.9M after Steam's cut $79.0M–$179.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	220k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderCard Game
Across the Obelisk 2022	Est. copies ≈ 326k–529k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeStrategy
Hand of Fate 2015	Est. copies ≈ 522k–848k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's cut $5.2M–$11.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike Deckbuilder Rogue-like
Black Book 2021	Est. copies ≈ 168k–272k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerTurn-Based Tactics
Dicey Dungeons 2019	Est. copies ≈ 343k–558k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderCard Battler
Hand of Fate 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 200k–326k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RPGRoguelike Deckbuilder
Legend Creatures(传奇生物) 2020	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $134k–$361k after Steam's cut $244k–$556k before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationIndie
Book of Demons 2018	Est. copies ≈ 287k–467k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon Crawler Roguelike Deckbuilder