How much revenue did Cards of Cthulhu make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cards of Cthulhu sell?

Q: How many copies did Cards of Cthulhu sell?

15k to 24k copies, based on its 351 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 15k–24k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before the cut; from 351 reviews (Mostly 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 Cards of Cthulhu out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cards of Cthulhu's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k

best case 31k (Necroking)

Games like Cards of Cthulhu

The middle of these games

≈ 3k copies

≈ $6k–$26k after Steam's cut

from ~100 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Necroking at ≈ 23k–38k copies, ≈ $32k–$87k 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 74 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 12 to 517.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Card Battler (6 of 8) and Rogue-like (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-lite + Card Game, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Rogue-lite + Card Game + Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: Only 3 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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