How much revenue did Dead Cells make?

$38.2M–$102.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead Cells sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead Cells sell?

5.6M to 9.0M copies, based on its 183k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5.6M–9.0M; $38.2M–$102.8M after Steam's cut $69.5M–$158.2M before the cut; from 183k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Dead Cells out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Cells's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 225k–1.3M

best case 1.9M (Skul: The Hero Slayer)

Games like Dead Cells

The middle of these games

≈ 225k–1.3M copies

≈ $1.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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: Skul: The Hero Slayer at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $7.8M–$21.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 977 to 15k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Action Roguelike (6 of 8) and Platformer (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-like, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, 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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Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before the cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaPlatformer
Vagante 2018	Est. copies ≈ 153k–248k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $629k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before the cut	$14.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteAction Roguelike
Rogue Legacy 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 375k–609k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	ArcadeMetroidvania
Sundered®: Eldritch Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 178k–289k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $978k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before the cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaMetroidvania
Dungreed 2018	Est. copies ≈ 292k–474k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $801k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before the cut	$9.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikePixel Graphics
Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.1M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.5M before the cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Exit the Gungeon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 93k–151k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $256k–$687k after Steam's cut $465k–$1.1M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	ArcadeAction
BlazBlue Entropy Effect 2024	Est. copies ≈ 898k–1.5M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.4M before the cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction-Adventure