How much revenue did Picayune Dreams make?

$157k–$421k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Picayune Dreams sell?

Q: How many copies did Picayune Dreams sell?

114k to 186k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 114k–186k; $157k–$421k after Steam's cut $285k–$648k before the cut; from 5k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Picayune Dreams out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Picayune Dreams's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–16k

best case 62k (PUSS!)

Games like Picayune Dreams

The middle of these games

≈ 6k–16k copies

≈ $22k–$44k after Steam's cut

from ~199 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: PUSS! at ≈ 47k–77k copies, ≈ $130k–$349k after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 52 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 19 to 125.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Bullet Hell (8 of 8) and Action Roguelike (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychedelic + Bullet Hell, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Psychedelic + Cats + Cute; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 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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LONE RUIN 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $20k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before the cut	$14.99	199 reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeArcade
HOUSE OF GOD 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$2.99	55 reviews Very Positive	ActionRogue-like
TROUBLE JUICE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before the cut	$4.99	146 reviews Very Positive	HorrorAction Roguelike
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Shoot Trip Die 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut	$4.99	60 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
PUSS! 2018	Est. copies ≈ 47k–77k 7.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $130k–$349k after Steam's cut $236k–$537k before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PsychedelicDifficult
Waves 2: Notorious 2015	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	323 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
ATOMINE 2017	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $34k–$92k after Steam's cut $62k–$141k before the cut	$9.99	361 reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell