How much revenue did Army of Ruin make?

$152k–$409k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Army of Ruin sell?

Q: How many copies did Army of Ruin sell?

69k to 112k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 69k–112k; $152k–$409k after Steam's cut $276k–$629k before the cut; from 3k 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 Army of Ruin out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Army of Ruin's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 161k–198k

best case 206k (Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok)

Games like Army of Ruin

The middle of these games

≈ 161k–198k copies

≈ $267k–$429k after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok at ≈ 157k–255k copies, ≈ $431k–$1.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 591 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (6 of 8) and Rogue-lite (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 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 43 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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