How much revenue did Rogue make?

$10k–$28k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rogue sell?

Q: How many copies did Rogue sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 511 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before the cut; from 511 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 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rogue's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 70k–192k

best case 616k (Tales of Maj'Eyal)

Games like Rogue

The middle of these games

≈ 70k–192k copies

≈ $374k–$1.0M after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Tales of Maj'Eyal at ≈ 469k–762k copies, ≈ $902k–$2.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 687 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 316 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rogue-like (8 of 8) and Traditional Roguelike (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Traditional Roguelike + Rogue-like, priced around $7.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Rogue Fable III 2021	Est. copies ≈ 19k–30k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $51k–$137k after Steam's cut $93k–$211k before the cut	$9.99	747 reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeRogue-like
Path of Achra 2024	Est. copies ≈ 81k–131k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $221k–$595k after Steam's cut $402k–$915k before the cut	$9.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeCharacter Customization
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) 2015	Est. copies ≈ 79k–128k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $325k–$873k after Steam's cut $591k–$1.3M before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeCRPG
Shattered Pixel Dungeon 2022	Est. copies ≈ 54k–87k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $147k–$395k after Steam's cut $267k–$608k before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Traditional RoguelikeDungeon Crawler
Tales of Maj'Eyal 2013	Est. copies ≈ 469k–762k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $902k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut	$6.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeRogue-like
Jupiter Hell 2021	Est. copies ≈ 52k–85k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $359k–$966k after Steam's cut $653k–$1.5M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeTurn-Based
Cogmind 2017	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $473k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $860k–$2.0M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessTraditional Roguelike
Dungeons of Dredmor 2011	Est. copies ≈ 343k–558k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $754k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before the cut	$7.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeRogue-like