How much revenue did GRUEL make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did GRUEL sell?

Q: How many copies did GRUEL sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 105 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$30k before the cut; from 105 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 GRUEL out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including GRUEL's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 65k–74k

best case 77k (OMFG: One Million Fatal Guns)

Games like GRUEL

The middle of these games

≈ 65k–74k copies

≈ $420k–$449k 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.

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: OMFG: One Million Fatal Guns at ≈ 59k–95k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 348 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 17 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (7 of 8) and Arena Shooter (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Arena Shooter + FPS.
The era: 4 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this niche is actively shipping.

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 38 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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Arsenal Demon 2019	Est. copies ≈ 634–1k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $870–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$4.99	22 reviews Positive	IndieRogue-lite
A Dream For Aaron 2018	Est. copies ≈ 942–2k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut	$8.99	31 reviews Mixed	Boomer ShooterAction Roguelike
OMFG: One Million Fatal Guns 2021	Est. copies ≈ 59k–95k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Arena ShooterFPS
Spaceflux 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$4.99	90 reviews Mixed	Early AccessFPS
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ROBOBEAT 2024	Est. copies ≈ 46k–74k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $251k–$675k after Steam's cut $457k–$1.0M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRhythm
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