How much revenue did METAL DOGS make?

$109k–$293k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did METAL DOGS sell?

Q: How many copies did METAL DOGS sell?

20k to 32k copies, based on its 798 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 20k–32k; $109k–$293k after Steam's cut $198k–$450k before Steam's cut; from 798 reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid METAL DOGS and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including METAL DOGS's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–3.9M

best case 10.1M (Hades)

Games like METAL DOGS

A typical game among these

≈ 1.4M–3.9M copies

≈ $9.6M–$38.6M after Steam's cut

from ~53k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Hades at ≈ 7.7M–12.5M copies, ≈ $52.9M–$142.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 19k reviews in their first month; the range was 23 to 86k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action Roguelike (8 of 8) and Hack and Slash (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-lite, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 3 of the 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 70 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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Skul: The Hero Slayer 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.9M–$21.2M after Steam's cut $14.3M–$32.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	58k reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Soulstone Survivors 2025	Est. copies ≈ 668k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	27k reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Hades II 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.3M–$68.0M after Steam's cut $46.0M–$104.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	124k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionRogue-like
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