How much revenue did Rogue Tower make?

$605k–$1.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rogue Tower sell?

Q: How many copies did Rogue Tower sell?

147k to 239k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 147k–239k; $605k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut; from 6k 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 Tower out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Rogue Tower's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 559k–710k

best case 746k (Monster Train)

Games like Rogue Tower

The middle of these games

≈ 559k–710k copies

≈ $4.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut

from ~14k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Monster Train at ≈ 569k–924k copies, ≈ $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rogue-like (2 of 3) and Rogue-lite (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Battler + Rogue-lite, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2023, and none of them 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 52 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Last Spell 2023	Est. copies ≈ 338k–550k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before the cut	$24.99	14k reviews Very Positive	StrategySingleplayer
Kingdom: New Lands 2016	Est. copies ≈ 514k–834k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.8M before the cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Survival
Monster Train 2020	Est. copies ≈ 569k–924k 1.7x 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