How much revenue did Turtle Riders make?

$4k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Turtle Riders sell?

Q: How many copies did Turtle Riders sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 127 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before the cut; from 127 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 Turtle Riders out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Turtle Riders's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 236k–698k

best case 722k (Dome Keeper)

Games like Turtle Riders

The middle of these games

≈ 236k–698k copies

≈ $1.5M–$4.3M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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: Dome Keeper at ≈ 550k–893k copies, ≈ $2.7M–$7.3M 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 2k to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Tower Defense (7 of 8) and Rogue-like (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Post-apocalyptic + Rogue-like, priced around $18.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 70 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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Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 786k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$11.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeStrategy
Cluckmech Oasis 2024	Est. copies ≈ 89k–145k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $246k–$661k after Steam's cut $447k–$1.0M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRogue-like
Kingdom: New Lands 2016	Est. copies ≈ 514k–834k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.8M before the cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Survival
Over 9000 Zombies! 2015	Est. copies ≈ 75k–121k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $61k–$165k after Steam's cut $111k–$254k before the cut	$2.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeZombies
Rise to Ruins 2019	Est. copies ≈ 223k–363k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $921k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before the cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Tower Defense Colony Sim
Dome Keeper 2022	Est. copies ≈ 550k–893k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.3M before the cut	$17.99	22k reviews Very Positive	SingleplayerPost-apocalyptic
Ratropolis 2020	Est. copies ≈ 137k–222k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $676k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before the cut	$17.99	6k reviews Very Positive	2DDeckbuilding
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