How much revenue did Dead Cells make?

An estimated 37.9M to 102.0M net 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?

An estimated 5.5M to 9.0M copies, based on its 182k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5.5M–9.0M; $37.9M–$102.0M net $68.9M–$156.8M gross; from 182k 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) 224k–1.2M

best case 1.9M (Skul: The Hero Slayer)

The Indie lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 428k copies.

A typical game

≈ 428k copies

≈ $3.2M after Steam's cut

from ~12k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.9M copies

Skul: The Hero Slayer · ≈ $14.4M after Steam's cut

from 57k 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 Indie + Action, priced around $20.
The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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