How much revenue did Curse of the Dead Gods make?

$1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Curse of the Dead Gods sell?

Q: How many copies did Curse of the Dead Gods sell?

228k to 371k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 228k–371k; $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before the cut; from 9k 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 Curse of the Dead Gods out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Curse of the Dead Gods's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 814k–3.9M

best case 10.0M (Hades)

Games like Curse of the Dead Gods

The middle of these games

≈ 814k–3.9M copies

≈ $6.6M–$35.0M after Steam's cut

from ~40k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Hades at ≈ 7.6M–12.4M copies, ≈ $52.5M–$141.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 15k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 11k to 42k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (4 of 4) and Rogue-like (4 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-lite, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2024, and 1 of your 4 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 38 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Hades 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.4M 7.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $52.5M–$141.0M after Steam's cut $95.4M–$217.0M before the cut	$24.99	308k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.1M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.5M before the cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Wizard of Legend 2018	Est. copies ≈ 640k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.6M before the cut	$15.99	21k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikePixel Graphics
Ravenswatch 2024	Est. copies ≈ 559k–909k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.3M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$15.9M before the cut	$24.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	Rogue-like Co-op