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How many copies did Dreamscaper sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 79k–128k
$543k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $987k–$2.2M before Steam's cut
from 3k 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 Dreamscaper and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dreamscaper's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.8M–6.4M
best case 33.8M (The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth)
Games like Dreamscaper

A typical game among these

≈ 2.8M–6.4M copies

≈ $9.4M–$59.3M after Steam's cut

from ~114k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth at ≈ 25.8M–41.9M copies, ≈ $106.2M–$285.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like
About half the games that made it here had over 52k reviews in their first month; the range was 24k to 86k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Action Roguelike (7 of 8) and Rogue-like (7 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Action Roguelike + Rogue-like, priced around $15.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2011 to 2025, and 1 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 79 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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Hades
2020
Est. copies
≈ 7.7M–12.5M
2.7x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$52.9M–$142.2M after Steam's cut $96.1M–$218.7M before Steam's cut
$24.99
310k reviews
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Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
2014
Est. copies
≈ 25.8M–41.9M
4.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$106.2M–$285.5M after Steam's cut $193.0M–$439.2M before Steam's cut
$14.99
460k reviews
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Cult of the Lamb
2022
Est. copies
≈ 3.2M–5.2M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$22.2M–$59.6M after Steam's cut $40.3M–$91.7M before Steam's cut
$24.99
130k reviews
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Base-BuildingCute
The Binding of Isaac
2011
Est. copies
≈ 4.0M–6.5M
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.6M before Steam's cut
$4.99
63k reviews
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Moonlighter
2018
Est. copies
≈ 747k–1.2M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.0M before Steam's cut
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25k reviews
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Wizard of Legend
2018
Est. copies
≈ 641k–1.0M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before Steam's cut
$15.99
21k reviews
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Hades II
2025
Est. copies
≈ 3.1M–5.0M
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
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Gunfire Reborn
2021
Est. copies
≈ 2.6M–4.2M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
$14.2M–$38.1M after Steam's cut $25.7M–$58.5M before Steam's cut
$19.99
104k reviews
Very Positive

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