How much revenue did Cardrottini make?

$217–$584 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cardrottini sell?

Q: How many copies did Cardrottini sell?

198 to 322 copies, based on its 8 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 198–322; $217–$584 after Steam's cut $395–$899 before the cut; from 8 reviews (8 user reviews); Thin evidence: 8 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 Cardrottini out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cardrottini's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 196–82k

best case 8.2M (Slay the Spire)

Games like Cardrottini

The middle of these games

≈ 196–82k copies

≈ $191–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~122 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Slay the Spire at ≈ 6.3M–10.2M copies, ≈ $43.1M–$116.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 14 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 5 to 92.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Card Battler (8 of 8) and Card Game (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguelike Deckbuilder + Card Game, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Slay the Spire 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.3M–10.2M 1787x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $43.1M–$116.0M after Steam's cut $78.4M–$178.5M before the cut	$24.99	218k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderCard Game
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist 2016	Est. copies ≈ 209k–340k 41x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Card GameCard Battler
Collective: the Community Created Card Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	201 reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCard Game
Monster Monpiece 2017	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $37k–$99k after Steam's cut $67k–$152k before the cut	$9.99	389 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyCard Battler
Jesters Poker 2018	Est. copies ≈ 61–99 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $84–$225 after Steam's cut $152–$346 before the cut	$4.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	AdventureCasual
Memetomo 2024	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $123–$330 after Steam's cut $223–$507 before the cut	$2.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	IndieCard Game
高考夺魁记 2023	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $81–$219 after Steam's cut $148–$337 before the cut	$1.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	Card GameRogue-like
Doors of Insanity: ReOpened 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before the cut	$12.99	43 reviews Mostly Positive	Card BattlerPvE