How much revenue did Ghoul Castle 3D: Gold Edition make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ghoul Castle 3D: Gold Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Ghoul Castle 3D: Gold Edition sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 53 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut; from 53 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 Ghoul Castle 3D: Gold Edition out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ghoul Castle 3D: Gold Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 872k–3.9M

best case 10.0M (Hades)

Games like Ghoul Castle 3D: Gold Edition

The middle of these games

≈ 872k–3.9M copies

≈ $6.9M–$22.4M after Steam's cut

from ~53k 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: Hades at ≈ 7.6M–12.4M copies, ≈ $52.5M–$141.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 42k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 15k to 86k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Rogue-like (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-lite, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2025, 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 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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Hades 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.4M 5.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $52.5M–$141.0M after Steam's cut $95.4M–$217.0M before the cut	$24.99	308k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Hades II 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.1M–$67.4M after Steam's cut $45.6M–$103.7M before the cut	$29.99	123k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-like
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