How much revenue did Role of Hex make?

$7k–$18k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Role of Hex sell?

Q: How many copies did Role of Hex sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 98 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$28k before the cut; from 98 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 Role of Hex out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Role of Hex's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 356k–825k

best case 757k (Tribes of Midgard)

Games like Role of Hex

The middle of these games

≈ 356k–825k copies

≈ $947k–$5.2M after Steam's cut

from ~15k 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.

Best case: Tribes of Midgard at ≈ 576k–937k copies, ≈ $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1k to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rogue-like (6 of 8) and Tower Defense (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Action RPG, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 70 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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Tribes of Midgard 2021	Est. copies ≈ 576k–937k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.5M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.1M before the cut	$19.99	23k reviews Mostly Positive	Open World Survival CraftOnline Co-Op
Dome Keeper 2022	Est. copies ≈ 550k–893k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.3M before the cut	$17.99	22k reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerPost-apocalyptic
Monster Train 2020	Est. copies ≈ 569k–924k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.2M before the cut	$24.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card BattlerRogue-lite
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Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 786k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$11.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeStrategy
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