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The realistic ceiling for Roguelike deckbuilder games

Two honest views of what Roguelike deckbuilder games do on Steam: the whole market from a systematic sample, and the games gathered here. Kept separate on purpose.

The market
A typical game sells
≈ under 20k copies
under $140k after Steam's cut, est.
The top decile
≈ 100k–200k copies
$699k–$1.4M after Steam's cut, est.

Half the reviews in SteamSpy's sample of 464 Roguelike deckbuilder games sit with 4 of them.

Based on the 464 Roguelike deckbuilder games SteamSpy lists, its visible subset, not the whole market. Games are grouped by the tags players give them, which are applied loosely, so a genre's edges are fuzzy. Owners are SteamSpy estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The Roguelike deckbuilder games gathered on wishvane

Across the 143 Roguelike deckbuilder games compared here, a typical one runs ≈ 77k–132k copies (est.), with Slay the Spire the biggest comparable game at ≈ 6.2M–10.1M. A small, self-selected sample, not the whole market.

  • The Roguelike deckbuilder games gathered here span 2015 to 2026, a long track record.
  • Across the Roguelike deckbuilder games gathered here the median price is $14.99, and the biggest charge more, around $20.

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Building a Roguelike deckbuilder game? This genre already ran your experiment. Add the games yours will be compared to and see what's realistic, before you spend months on it.

Market data from SteamSpy; game data from Steam and SteamSpy. Copies and revenue are rough estimates from public review counts, not exact sales.

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