How much revenue did Rogue Star Rescue make?

$14k–$37k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rogue Star Rescue sell?

Q: How many copies did Rogue Star Rescue sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 136 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$58k before the cut; from 136 reviews (Very 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 Rogue Star Rescue out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rogue Star Rescue's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 159k–278k

best case 4.9M (Enter the Gungeon)

Games like Rogue Star Rescue

The middle of these games

≈ 159k–278k copies

≈ $289k–$1.3M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Enter the Gungeon at ≈ 3.7M–6.1M copies, ≈ $15.4M–$41.4M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 409 to 23k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Bullet Hell (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Bullet Hell + Action Roguelike, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Difficult + Rogue-like; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, and 3 of your 8 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).

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Enter the Gungeon 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.1M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.4M–$41.4M after Steam's cut $28.0M–$63.6M before the cut	$14.99	90k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
Rogue: Genesia 2025	Est. copies ≈ 212k–344k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $874k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before the cut	$14.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Windowkill 2024	Est. copies ≈ 92k–150k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $126k–$340k after Steam's cut $230k–$523k before the cut	$4.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionIndie
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Atomicrops 2020	Est. copies ≈ 157k–255k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $646k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	ActionIndie
Nuclear Throne 2015	Est. copies ≈ 965k–1.6M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before the cut	$11.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-like
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