How much revenue did Apocalypse Party make?

$370k–$996k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Apocalypse Party sell?

Q: How many copies did Apocalypse Party sell?

135k to 219k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 135k–219k; $370k–$996k after Steam's cut $673k–$1.5M before the cut; from 5k 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 Apocalypse Party out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Apocalypse Party's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 796k–2.0M

best case 8.6M (Vampire Survivors)

Games like Apocalypse Party

The middle of these games

≈ 796k–2.0M copies

≈ $3.3M–$7.4M after Steam's cut

from ~28k 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: Vampire Survivors at ≈ 6.6M–10.7M copies, ≈ $9.0M–$24.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 18k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2k to 129k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-lite (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Bullet Hell, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 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 38 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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Vampire Survivors 2022	Est. copies ≈ 6.6M–10.7M 9.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.2M after Steam's cut $16.4M–$37.3M before the cut	$4.99	265k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Bad North: Jotunn Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 431k–700k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before the cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	WargameVikings
Brotato 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 4.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.8M after Steam's cut $7.3M–$16.6M before the cut	$4.99	118k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Rogue-likeSingleplayer
20 Minutes Till Dawn 2023	Est. copies ≈ 720k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $989k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before the cut	$4.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
HoloCure - Save the Fans! 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsBullet Hell
Nova Drift 2024	Est. copies ≈ 361k–587k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before the cut	$17.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Action RoguelikeArena Shooter
Children of Morta 2019	Est. copies ≈ 665k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.8M after Steam's cut $7.3M–$16.6M before the cut	$21.99	23k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRogue-like
PlateUp! 2022	Est. copies ≈ 670k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.2M before the cut	$19.99	27k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Management