How much revenue did Roboquest make?

$4.1M–$11.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Roboquest sell?

Q: How many copies did Roboquest sell?

604k to 981k copies, based on its 24k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 604k–981k; $4.1M–$11.2M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.2M before the cut; from 24k 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 Roboquest out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Roboquest's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 143k–997k

best case 3.4M (Gunfire Reborn)

Games like Roboquest

The middle of these games

≈ 143k–997k copies

≈ $1.2M–$8.3M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Gunfire Reborn at ≈ 2.6M–4.2M copies, ≈ $14.1M–$38.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on FPS (4 of 4) and Action Roguelike (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-lite + FPS, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2023, and none of them 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

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Deadlink 2023	Est. copies ≈ 91k–148k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $625k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before the cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
Void Bastards 2019	Est. copies ≈ 156k–254k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before the cut	$29.99	5k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction Roguelike
Gunfire Reborn 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M 23x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.1M–$38.0M after Steam's cut $25.7M–$58.4M before the cut	$19.99	104k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-lite FPS
Immortal Redneck 2017	Est. copies ≈ 115k–187k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $630k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before the cut	$19.95	3k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS