How much revenue did Mark of the Deep make?

$48k–$129k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mark of the Deep sell?

Q: How many copies did Mark of the Deep sell?

9k to 14k copies, based on its 353 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–14k; $48k–$129k after Steam's cut $87k–$199k before the cut; from 353 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 Mark of the Deep out and predicted the genre from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Mark of the Deep's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8.8M–34.4M

best case 39.3M (Black Myth: Wukong)

Games like Mark of the Deep

The middle of these games

≈ 8.8M–34.4M copies

≈ $89.5M–$729.6M after Steam's cut

from ~457k reviews

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

All 6 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Black Myth: Wukong at ≈ 30.0M–48.7M copies, ≈ $494.5M–$1329.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 347k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 23k to 836k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Souls-like (5 of 6) and Metroidvania (3 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mythology + Action RPG, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2024, and 1 of your 6 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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ELDEN RING 2022	Est. copies ≈ 28.6M–46.4M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $471.3M–$1267.1M after Steam's cut $856.9M–$1949.4M before the cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeOpen World
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10.2M–16.6M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $168.6M–$453.2M after Steam's cut $306.5M–$697.3M before the cut	$59.99	355k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Souls-likeDifficult
Dead Cells 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $38.2M–$102.8M after Steam's cut $69.5M–$158.2M before the cut	$24.99	183k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureAction Roguelike
Black Myth: Wukong 2024	Est. copies ≈ 30.0M–48.7M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $494.5M–$1329.5M after Steam's cut $899.1M–$2045.4M before the cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MythologyAction RPG
Ori and the Will of the Wisps 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.9M–$80.3M after Steam's cut $54.3M–$123.5M before the cut	$29.99	146k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulMetroidvania
Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.2M–31.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $79.3M–$213.3M after Steam's cut $144.2M–$328.1M before the cut	$14.99	559k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like