How much revenue did Ascension: Deckbuilding Game make?

$265k–$712k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ascension: Deckbuilding Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Ascension: Deckbuilding Game sell?

96k to 157k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 96k–157k; $265k–$712k after Steam's cut $482k–$1.1M before the cut; from 2k 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 Ascension: Deckbuilding Game out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ascension: Deckbuilding Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 123k–170k

best case 257k (Duelyst)

Games like Ascension: Deckbuilding Game

The middle of these games

≈ 123k–170k copies

≈ $629k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Duelyst at ≈ 196k–319k copies.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had roughly 2k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Card Game (8 of 8) and Deckbuilding (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Battler + Deckbuilding.
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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