How much revenue did DeadCore make?

$315k–$846k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DeadCore sell?

Q: How many copies did DeadCore sell?

115k to 186k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 115k–186k; $315k–$846k after Steam's cut $572k–$1.3M before the cut; from 2k reviews (Very 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 DeadCore out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DeadCore's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7.0M–8.6M

best case 128.5M (Terraria)

Games like DeadCore

The middle of these games

≈ 7.0M–8.6M copies

≈ $54.8M–$73.7M after Steam's cut

from ~183k 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Platformer (3 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Terraria at ≈ 97.9M–159.1M copies, ≈ $269.0M–$723.1M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (3 of 8) and Co-op (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Level Editor, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2020, and none of them 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).

Similar games

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Geometry Dash 2014	Est. copies ≈ 35.7M–58.0M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.0M–$131.7M after Steam's cut $89.1M–$202.7M before the cut	$4.99	638k reviews Very Positive	DifficultMusic
Cuphead 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $41.7M–$112.1M after Steam's cut $75.8M–$172.5M before the cut	$19.99	220k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DifficultCartoon
Dead Cells 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $38.2M–$102.8M after Steam's cut $69.5M–$158.2M before the cut	$24.99	183k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureAction Roguelike
Hollow Knight 2017	Est. copies ≈ 19.2M–31.3M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $79.3M–$213.3M after Steam's cut $144.2M–$328.1M before the cut	$14.99	559k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Metroidvania Souls-like
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 97.9M–159.1M 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $269.0M–$723.1M after Steam's cut $489.0M–$1112.5M before the cut	$9.99	1.5M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
Starbound 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.1M–$56.8M after Steam's cut $38.4M–$87.4M before the cut	$14.99	123k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
Brawlhalla 2017	Est. copies ≈ 14.2M–23.0M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	411k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMultiplayer
Fall Guys 2020	Est. copies ≈ 11.6M–18.9M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	469k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerParty Game