How much revenue did Core Defense make?

$25k–$67k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Core Defense sell?

Q: How many copies did Core Defense sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 368 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $46k–$104k before the cut; from 368 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 Core Defense out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Core Defense's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 82k–212k

best case 6.4M (Balatro)

Games like Core Defense

The middle of these games

≈ 82k–212k copies

≈ $188k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Balatro at ≈ 4.9M–8.0M copies, ≈ $20.2M–$54.4M 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 747 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 349 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Deckbuilding (6 of 8) and Replay Value (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Game + Roguelike Deckbuilder, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Singleplayer + Card Game; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 2 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 79 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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Balatro 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M 52x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.2M–$54.4M after Steam's cut $36.8M–$83.7M before the cut	$14.99	198k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card GameRoguelike Deckbuilder
One Step From Eden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 190k–309k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before the cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeDifficult
SNKRX 2021	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $88k–$238k after Steam's cut $161k–$366k before the cut	$2.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Emberward 2024	Est. copies ≈ 95k–154k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $520k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $946k–$2.2M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessTower Defense
ORX 2022	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $93k–$250k after Steam's cut $169k–$384k before the cut	$19.99	681 reviews Mixed	Roguelike Deckbuilder Tower Defense
Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense 2021	Est. copies ≈ 378k–614k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseMultiplayer
Tower Tactics: Liberation 2023	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $111k–$298k after Steam's cut $202k–$459k before the cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike Deckbuilder Tower Defense
Atom Zombie Smasher 2011	Est. copies ≈ 133k–216k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $365k–$981k after Steam's cut $664k–$1.5M before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Real Time TacticsTower Defense