How much revenue did Tangledeep make?

$186k–$500k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tangledeep sell?

Q: How many copies did Tangledeep sell?

45k to 73k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 45k–73k; $186k–$500k after Steam's cut $338k–$769k before the cut; from 1k 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 Tangledeep out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tangledeep's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–14k

best case 16k (Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island)

Games like Tangledeep

The middle of these games

≈ 6k–14k copies

≈ $25k–$103k after Steam's cut

from ~263 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: Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island at ≈ 12k–20k copies, ≈ $132k–$355k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 53 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 16 to 160.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Mystery Dungeon (5 of 8) and Rogue-like (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-like + Mystery Dungeon, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 61 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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Is It Wrong to Repay the Debt in a Dungeon? 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $17k–$47k after Steam's cut $32k–$72k before the cut	$17.99	142 reviews Very Positive	NuditySexual Content
Nova-111 2015	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before the cut	$4.99	183 reviews Mostly Positive	SingleplayerSci-fi
Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG 2019	Est. copies ≈ 11k–19k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $47k–$127k after Steam's cut $86k–$195k before the cut	$14.99	397 reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeRogue-like
Lazriel: The Demon's Fall 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $9k–$24k after Steam's cut $17k–$38k before the cut	$14.99	89 reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerTurn-Based Tactics
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island 2024	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $132k–$355k after Steam's cut $240k–$546k before the cut	$39.99	484 reviews Very Positive	RPGRogue-like
Dread Nautical 2020	Est. copies ≈ 818–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before the cut	$19.99	33 reviews Mostly Positive	LovecraftianIndie
Get Ogre It 2020	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut	$11.99	29 reviews Mostly Positive	Mystery DungeonTop-Down
Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $58k–$157k after Steam's cut $106k–$242k before the cut	$24.99	343 reviews Very Positive	Mystery DungeonRPG