How much revenue did We Need To Go Deeper make?

$766k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did We Need To Go Deeper sell?

Q: How many copies did We Need To Go Deeper sell?

174k to 283k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174k–283k; $766k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before the cut; from 6k 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 We Need To Go Deeper out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including We Need To Go Deeper's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–5k

best case 568k (Labyrinthine)

Games like We Need To Go Deeper

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–5k copies

≈ $1k–$10k after Steam's cut

from ~92 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Rogue-lite (4 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: Labyrinthine at ≈ 433k–703k copies, ≈ $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 29 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 11k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rogue-lite (4 of 8) and Action Roguelike (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Co-op, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Online Co-Op + Puzzle + Psychological Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2026, 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 52 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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Phantasmal: Survival Horror Roguelike 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	367 reviews Mixed	HorrorMultiplayer
RAGMONTON 2023	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 before the cut	$4.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Action RoguelikeRoguevania
Cthulhu's Reach: Devil Reef 2026	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $11k–$26k before the cut	$9.99	92 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Abyss Crew 2025	Est. copies ≈ 446–725 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$9.99	18 reviews Mixed	SubmarineUnderwater
Labyrinthine 2023	Est. copies ≈ 433k–703k 190x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$4.9M before the cut	$9.99	17k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Monsters 'til Midnight 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$4.99	96 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Liberte 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $25k–$69k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before the cut	$19.99	187 reviews Mixed	SingleplayerIndie
Mineirinho Wildtides DC 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $378–$1k after Steam's cut $688–$2k before the cut	$0.99	56 reviews Mixed	2D FighterShoot 'Em Up