How much revenue did Bloodroots make?

$42k–$113k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Bloodroots sell?

Q: How many copies did Bloodroots sell?

8k to 12k copies, based on its 307 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–12k; $42k–$113k after Steam's cut $76k–$173k before the cut; from 307 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 Bloodroots out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Bloodroots's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 51k–118k

best case 5.1M (Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number)

Games like Bloodroots

The middle of these games

≈ 51k–118k copies

≈ $294k–$683k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number at ≈ 3.9M–6.3M copies, ≈ $16.1M–$43.3M 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 503 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 122 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Violent (7 of 8) and Gore (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Gore + Violent, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack + Retro + Pixel Graphics; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2025, 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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GARAGE: Bad Trip 2018	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $103k–$276k after Steam's cut $186k–$424k before the cut	$14.99	818 reviews Mixed	GoreAction
APE OUT 2019	Est. copies ≈ 118k–192k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $488k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $888k–$2.0M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ViolentIndie
Colt Canyon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 52k–85k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $216k–$581k after Steam's cut $393k–$894k before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	WesternBlood
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.9M–6.3M 38x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.1M–$43.3M after Steam's cut $29.2M–$66.5M before the cut	$14.99	80k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackGore
Suit for Hire 2025	Est. copies ≈ 82k–133k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $337k–$905k after Steam's cut $612k–$1.4M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessAction
The Hong Kong Massacre 2019	Est. copies ≈ 58k–95k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $321k–$863k after Steam's cut $584k–$1.3M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionBullet Time
OTXO 2023	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $404k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $735k–$1.7M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeTop-Down Shooter
Merry Glade 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before the cut	$0.99	243 reviews Very Positive	IndieCasual