How much revenue did Desert Of The Dead make?

$17k–$46k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Desert Of The Dead sell?

Q: How many copies did Desert Of The Dead sell?

13k to 20k copies, based on its 436 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–20k; $17k–$46k after Steam's cut $31k–$71k before the cut; from 436 reviews (Mixed)

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 Desert Of The Dead out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Desert Of The Dead's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–5.2M

best case 8.6M (Hotline Miami)

The Co-op genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 3.1M–5.2M copies

≈ $16.7M–$30.6M after Steam's cut

from ~79k reviews

Best case

≈ 6.6M–10.7M copies

Hotline Miami · ≈ $18.0M–$48.4M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Co-op (2 of 8) and First-Person (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Violent + Top-Down, priced around $10.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2017. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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