How much revenue did Balatro make?

$20.2M–$54.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Balatro sell?

Q: How many copies did Balatro sell?

4.9M to 8.0M copies, based on its 198k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4.9M–8.0M; $20.2M–$54.4M after Steam's cut $36.8M–$83.7M before the cut; from 198k 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 Balatro out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Balatro's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 310k–2.6M

best case 8.2M (Slay the Spire)

Games like Balatro

The middle of these games

≈ 310k–2.6M copies

≈ $1.3M–$25.3M after Steam's cut

from ~17k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Slay the Spire at ≈ 6.3M–10.2M copies, ≈ $43.1M–$116.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 6k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1k to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Deckbuilding (4 of 4) and Rogue-like (4 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguelike Deckbuilder + Card Game, priced around $25.
The era: Only 1 of your 4 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 36 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Slay the Spire 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.3M–10.2M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $43.1M–$116.0M after Steam's cut $78.4M–$178.5M before the cut	$24.99	218k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderCard Game
Monster Train 2020	Est. copies ≈ 569k–924k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.2M before the cut	$24.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card BattlerRogue-lite
Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers 2024	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $362k–$973k after Steam's cut $658k–$1.5M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderStrategy
Luck be a Landlord 2023	Est. copies ≈ 286k–464k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $785k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut	$9.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike Deckbuilder Deckbuilding