How much revenue did Source of Madness make?

$214k–$575k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Source of Madness sell?

Q: How many copies did Source of Madness sell?

39k to 63k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 39k–63k; $214k–$575k after Steam's cut $389k–$885k before the cut; from 2k reviews (Mixed)

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 Source of Madness out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Source of Madness's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 205k–258k

best case 946k (20 Minutes Till Dawn)

Games like Source of Madness

The middle of these games

≈ 205k–258k copies

≈ $1.6M–$1.9M 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: 20 Minutes Till Dawn at ≈ 720k–1.2M copies, ≈ $989k–$2.7M 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 11k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4k to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (5 of 8) and Rogue-lite (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Co-op, priced around $13. The breakout hits carry Horror + Bullet Hell + Survival; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2024, and 1 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 43 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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10 Minutes Till Dawn 2022	Est. copies ≈ 102k–167k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Shoot 'Em UpAction Roguelike
Labyrinthine 2023	Est. copies ≈ 433k–703k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before the cut	$9.99	17k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 720k–1.2M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $989k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before the cut	$4.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Magicraft 2024	Est. copies ≈ 416k–676k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.9M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.6M before the cut	$15.99	17k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Darkwood 2017	Est. copies ≈ 854k–1.4M 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.4M before the cut	$19.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 178k–289k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $978k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaMetroidvania
Crawl 2017	Est. copies ≈ 251k–409k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLocal Multiplayer
We Need To Go Deeper 2019	Est. copies ≈ 174k–283k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $766k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$15.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Co-op2D