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How many copies did Versus Purgatory sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 50–81
$14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before the cut
from 2 reviews (2 user reviews)
Thin evidence: 2 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 Versus Purgatory out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Versus Purgatory's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 34k–125k
best case 433k (Relic Hunters Zero: Remix)
Games like Versus Purgatory

The middle of these games

≈ 34k–125k copies

≈ $241k–$611k 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.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Relic Hunters Zero: Remix at ≈ 330k–536k copies.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 160 to 2k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Top-Down Shooter (8 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Looter Shooter + Twin Stick Shooter.
The era
The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, 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 61 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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Relic Hunters Zero: Remix
2015
Est. copies
≈ 330k–536k
4.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
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Very Positive
Looter ShooterTwin Stick Shooter
God's Trigger
2019
Est. copies
≈ 29k–47k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$119k–$320k after Steam's cut $217k–$493k before the cut
$14.99
1k reviews
Mostly Positive
Top-Down ShooterAction Roguelike
SNAKE FARM
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SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$9k–$24k after Steam's cut $16k–$37k before the cut
$2.99
441 reviews
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Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Voidigo
2023
Est. copies
≈ 121k–197k
2.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$167k–$448k after Steam's cut $303k–$689k before the cut
$4.99
5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Action RoguelikeTwin Stick Shooter
Waves 2: Notorious
2015
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≈ 16k–26k
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Free
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323 reviews
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Neon Chrome
2016
Est. copies
≈ 49k–80k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$202k–$543k after Steam's cut $367k–$835k before the cut
$14.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
CyberpunkTwin Stick Shooter
SYNTHETIK 2
2021
Est. copies
≈ 86k–140k
2.1x vs typical
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Est. revenue
$474k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $862k–$2.0M before the cut
$19.99
3k reviews
Very Positive
Early AccessRogue-lite
ANVIL
2023
Est. copies
≈ 54k–88k
SteamSpy 100k–200k
Est. revenue
$374k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $680k–$1.5M before the cut
$24.99
2k reviews
Mixed
Top-Down ShooterAction Roguelike

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