How much revenue did Dune Sea make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dune Sea sell?

Q: How many copies did Dune Sea sell?

662 to 1k copies, based on its 23 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 662–1k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut; from 23 reviews (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 Dune Sea and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dune Sea's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–31k

best case 738k (Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024)

Games like Dune Sea

A typical game among these

≈ 14k–31k copies

≈ $110k–$118k after Steam's cut

from ~494 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 at ≈ 562k–913k copies, ≈ $10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 212 reviews in their first month; the range was 99 to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Flight (8 of 8) and Exploration (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Flight, priced around $42.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, 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 70 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
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 2024	Est. copies ≈ 562k–913k 46x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $10.8M–$29.1M after Steam's cut $19.7M–$44.7M before Steam's cut	$69.99	23k reviews Mixed	SimulationFlight
Secrets of Rætikon 2014	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $76k–$204k after Steam's cut $138k–$314k before Steam's cut	$9.99	494 reviews Mixed	IndieAdventure
Fugl 2017	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $61k–$164k after Steam's cut $111k–$253k before Steam's cut	$9.99	647 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessFlight
AER Memories of Old 2017	Est. copies ≈ 266k–433k 16x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	AdventureExploration
Feather 2019	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $64k–$172k after Steam's cut $116k–$264k before Steam's cut	$9.99	808 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationFlight
FPV SkyDive : FPV Drone Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 77k–125k 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	FlightExploration
InnerSpace 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $59k–$160k after Steam's cut $108k–$246k before Steam's cut	$19.99	356 reviews Mixed	ExplorationAdventure
Lifeslide 2021	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$120k before Steam's cut	$9.99	427 reviews Very Positive	IndieAdventure