How much revenue did Rift of the NecroDancer make?

$836k–$2.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rift of the NecroDancer sell?

Q: How many copies did Rift of the NecroDancer sell?

152k to 247k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 152k–247k; $836k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M 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 Rift of the NecroDancer out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rift of the NecroDancer's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 462k–3.2M

best case 8.7M (It Takes Two)

Games like Rift of the NecroDancer

The middle of these games

≈ 462k–3.2M copies

≈ $4.1M–$10.8M after Steam's cut

from ~24k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: It Takes Two at ≈ 6.7M–10.8M copies, ≈ $73.2M–$196.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7 to 16k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rhythm (6 of 8) and Female Protagonist (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Puzzle, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 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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