How much revenue did ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe sell?

Q: How many copies did ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 255 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$22k before Steam's cut; from 255 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 ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 33k–236k

best case 421k (ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game)

Games like ISOLAND3: Dust of the Universe

A typical game among these

≈ 33k–236k copies

≈ $221k–$1.6M 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.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game at ≈ 321k–522k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 62 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 779.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based (8 of 8) and Exploration (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with CRPG + Exploration, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 61 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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