How much revenue did Necrosmith make?

$109k–$293k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Necrosmith sell?

Q: How many copies did Necrosmith sell?

133k to 216k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 133k–216k; $109k–$293k after Steam's cut $198k–$451k before the cut; from 5k 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 Necrosmith out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Necrosmith's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 13k–43k

best case 72k (Deadly Days)

Games like Necrosmith

The middle of these games

≈ 13k–43k copies

≈ $23k–$67k after Steam's cut

from ~728 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Deadly Days at ≈ 55k–90k copies, ≈ $182k–$488k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 265 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 61 to 563.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (6 of 8) and Zombies (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-lite + Action Roguelike, priced around $12.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 61 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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