How much revenue did The Roottrees are Dead make?

An estimated 1.2M to 3.2M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Roottrees are Dead sell?

Q: How many copies did The Roottrees are Dead sell?

An estimated 219k to 356k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 219k–356k; $1.2M–$3.2M net $2.2M–$5.0M gross; from 9k 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 The Roottrees are Dead out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Roottrees are Dead's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–1.9M

best case 1.7M (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy)

The Detective lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 1.5M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 1.5M copies

≈ $11.8M after Steam's cut

from ~34k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.7M copies

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy · ≈ $19.3M after Steam's cut

from 44k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

6 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it, and 1 is too small to compare.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Detective + Visual Novel, priced around $30.
The breakout hits carry Crime + Visual Novel + Anime; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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