How much revenue did Railroads & Catacombs make?

An estimated 54k to 145k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Railroads & Catacombs sell?

Q: How many copies did Railroads & Catacombs sell?

An estimated 10k to 16k copies, based on its 408 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $54k–$145k net $98k–$223k gross; from 408 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 Railroads & Catacombs out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Railroads & Catacombs's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 120k–228k

best case 409k (Across the Obelisk)

The Roguelike Deckbuilder lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 158k copies.

A typical game

≈ 158k copies

≈ $1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

Best case

≈ 409k copies

Across the Obelisk · ≈ $3.2M after Steam's cut

from 13k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Rogue-like + Strategy, priced around $20.
None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2024. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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