How much revenue did Dungeon Defenders: Awakened make?

$495k–$1.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dungeon Defenders: Awakened sell?

Q: How many copies did Dungeon Defenders: Awakened sell?

120k to 195k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 120k–195k; $495k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $900k–$2.0M before Steam's cut; from 5k reviews (Mixed)

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 Dungeon Defenders: Awakened and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dungeon Defenders: Awakened's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 53k–136k

best case 1.6M (Dungeon Defenders)

Games like Dungeon Defenders: Awakened

A typical game among these

≈ 53k–136k copies

≈ $509k–$1.1M after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Dungeon Defenders at ≈ 1.2M–2.0M copies, ≈ $5.0M–$13.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Tower Defense (5 of 8) and Action RPG (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tower Defense + Survival, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Online Co-Op + Character Customization + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Dungeon Defenders 2011	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOnline Co-Op
ENDLESS Dungeon™ - Definitive Edition 2023	Est. copies ≈ 95k–155k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $393k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $715k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Mixed	ActionTower Defense
We Are The Dwarves 2016	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $276k–$742k after Steam's cut $502k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mixed	IndieAdventure
Deathtrap 2015	Est. copies ≈ 111k–181k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $611k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Tower DefenseRPG
Time Warpers 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $75k–$201k after Steam's cut $136k–$309k before Steam's cut	$19.99	548 reviews Very Positive	ClickerAction
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II 2014	Est. copies ≈ 148k–240k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $609k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mixed	RPGAction
Dungeon Defenders Eternity 2014	Est. copies ≈ 88k–143k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	Tower Defense Co-op
Tribes of Midgard - Open Beta 2019	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	474 reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction