How much revenue did Dwarf Shop make?

$8k–$20k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dwarf Shop sell?

Q: How many copies did Dwarf Shop sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 111 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut; from 111 reviews (Mostly 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 Dwarf Shop and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dwarf Shop's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.1M–2.2M

best case 3.3M (Supermarket Together)

Games like Dwarf Shop

A typical game among these

≈ 1.1M–2.2M copies

≈ $7.8M–$18.3M after Steam's cut

from ~47k 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: Supermarket Together at ≈ 2.5M–4.0M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 14k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 69k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and Management (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Management.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 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 36 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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Supermarket Together 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.5M–4.0M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	100k reviews Very Positive	SimulationOnline Co-Op
Supermarket Simulator 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$30.9M after Steam's cut $20.9M–$47.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	84k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
Unpacking 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.1M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	41k reviews Very Positive	RelaxingCute
Drug Dealer Simulator 2020	Est. copies ≈ 522k–848k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.7M after Steam's cut $5.2M–$11.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	21k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCrime
Dwarf Fortress 2022	Est. copies ≈ 783k–1.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.4M after Steam's cut $11.7M–$26.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
PC Building Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.4M–$22.5M after Steam's cut $15.2M–$34.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	53k reviews Very Positive	SimulationEducation
Zero Hour 2024	Est. copies ≈ 829k–1.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	33k reviews Mostly Positive	TacticalShooter
DREDGE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.6M–$41.9M after Steam's cut $28.4M–$64.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	57k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationFishing