How much revenue did Ascent of the Dragon make?

$176–$475 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ascent of the Dragon sell?

Q: How many copies did Ascent of the Dragon sell?

322 to 524 copies, based on its 13 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 322–524; $176–$475 after Steam's cut $320–$730 before the cut; from 13 reviews (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 Ascent of the Dragon out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ascent of the Dragon's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–83k

best case 328k (BIT.TRIP RUNNER)

Games like Ascent of the Dragon

The middle of these games

≈ 15k–83k copies

≈ $37k–$268k after Steam's cut

from ~896 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: BIT.TRIP RUNNER at ≈ 250k–406k copies, ≈ $686k–$1.8M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 732 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 258 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (6 of 8) and Runner (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rhythm + Platformer, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2025, and 2 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 79 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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