How much revenue did The Rookery make?

An estimated 7k to 18k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Rookery sell?

Q: How many copies did The Rookery sell?

An estimated 2k to 4k copies, based on its 101 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $7k–$18k net $12k–$28k gross; from 101 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 The Rookery out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Rookery's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–79k

best case 3.4M (Dota Underlords)

The Rogue-like lane

A niche genre: modest ceilings, most sell around 10k copies, so plan for a small audience.

A typical game

≈ 10k copies

≈ $16k after Steam's cut

from ~332 reviews

Best case

≈ 3.4M copies

Dota Underlords

from 91k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Free to Play + Strategy, priced around $10.
None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2024. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
A typical game here lands in Silver ($10k–$250k before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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