How much revenue did Pinhead Adventures make?

$717–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pinhead Adventures sell?

Q: How many copies did Pinhead Adventures sell?

174 to 282 copies, based on its 7 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174–282; $717–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut; from 7 reviews (7 user reviews); Thin evidence: 7 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Pinhead Adventures out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pinhead Adventures's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–140k

best case 1.6M (Rogue Legacy)

Games like Pinhead Adventures

The middle of these games

≈ 15k–140k copies

≈ $95k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Rogue Legacy at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 298 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 191 to 711.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Metroidvania (6 of 8) and Action Roguelike (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguevania + Platformer, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2025, 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 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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Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before the cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaPlatformer
Mr. Sun's Hatbox 2023	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $53k–$142k after Steam's cut $96k–$219k before the cut	$14.99	517 reviews Very Positive	ActionOnline Co-Op
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise 2022	Est. copies ≈ 56k–90k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $229k–$616k after Steam's cut $416k–$947k before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeExploration
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 178k–289k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $978k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaMetroidvania
SuperEpic: The Entertainment War 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $16k–$43k after Steam's cut $29k–$66k before the cut	$17.99	112 reviews Mixed	RoguevaniaIndie
Gunbrella 2023	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $108k–$289k after Steam's cut $196k–$445k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Side ScrollerExploration
9 Years of Shadows 2023	Est. copies ≈ 83k–135k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $456k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $829k–$1.9M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Metroidvania Platformer
Mark of the Deep 2025	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $48k–$129k after Steam's cut $87k–$199k before the cut	$19.99	353 reviews Mostly Positive	PiratesAction-Adventure