How much revenue did Hero's Hour make?

$703k–$1.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hero's Hour sell?

Q: How many copies did Hero's Hour sell?

142k to 231k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 142k–231k; $703k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut; from 6k 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 Hero's Hour out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hero's Hour's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 722k–1.2M

best case 6.4M (Balatro)

Games like Hero's Hour

The middle of these games

≈ 722k–1.2M copies

≈ $5.2M–$13.4M after Steam's cut

from ~25k 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: 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 10k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 55 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Turn-Based (5 of 8) and Rogue-like (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Game + Roguelike Deckbuilder, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Card Game + Roguelike Deckbuilder + Replay Value; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 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 38 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 8.1x 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
Wandering Sword 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.6M–$20.6M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.6M before the cut	$24.99	45k reviews Very Positive	RPGMartial Arts
POLYGON 2020	Est. copies ≈ 917k–1.5M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	37k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayFPS
Into the Breach 2018	Est. copies ≈ 676k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.5M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.5M before the cut	$14.99	22k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Stoneshard 2020	Est. copies ≈ 880k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.3M after Steam's cut $11.0M–$25.0M before the cut	$24.99	35k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGRogue-like
Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion 2023	Est. copies ≈ 608k–988k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.4M before the cut	$17.99	25k reviews Very Positive	RPGMartial Arts
Peglin 2024	Est. copies ≈ 437k–711k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.5M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$9.9M before the cut	$19.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Deckbuilding Rogue-lite
OCTOPATH TRAVELER™ 2019	Est. copies ≈ 492k–799k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8.1M–$21.8M after Steam's cut $14.8M–$33.6M before the cut	$59.99	17k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG