How much revenue did Invaders make?

$61–$164 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Invaders sell?

Q: How many copies did Invaders sell?

74 to 121 copies, based on its 3 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 74–121; $61–$164 after Steam's cut $111–$253 before the cut; from 3 reviews (3 user reviews); Thin evidence: 3 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Invaders out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Invaders's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31k–259k

best case 6.4M (Balatro)

Games like Invaders

The middle of these games

≈ 31k–259k copies

≈ $88k–$864k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Balatro at ≈ 4.9M–8.0M copies, ≈ $20.2M–$54.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 14 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Deckbuilding (6 of 8) and Action Roguelike (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Game + Roguelike Deckbuilder, priced around $15.
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 52 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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Balatro 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M 70x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.2M–$54.4M after Steam's cut $36.8M–$83.7M before the cut	$14.99	198k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card GameRoguelike Deckbuilder
Fabric Of Reality 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$26k before the cut	$6.99	130 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeArena Shooter
FORCED SHOWDOWN 2016	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $155k–$417k after Steam's cut $282k–$642k before the cut	$19.99	679 reviews Very Positive	ActionAction Roguelike
Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot 2024	Est. copies ≈ 42k–69k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $58k–$157k after Steam's cut $106k–$241k before the cut	$4.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Bullet HellAction Roguelike
Nubby's Number Factory 2025	Est. copies ≈ 482k–784k 6.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $662k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$4.99	19k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRogue-like
Heretic's Fork 2023	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $280k–$753k after Steam's cut $509k–$1.2M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Deckbuilding Tower Defense
Dungeon Clawler 2026	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $404k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $734k–$1.7M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessRogue-lite
Neon Sundown 2022	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $15k–$41k after Steam's cut $28k–$63k before the cut	$4.99	450 reviews Very Positive	Arena ShooterRogue-lite