How much revenue did Draconia make?

$132k–$354k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Draconia sell?

Q: How many copies did Draconia sell?

24k to 39k copies, based on its 965 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–39k; $132k–$354k after Steam's cut $239k–$544k before Steam's cut; from 965 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 Draconia and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Draconia's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 53k–128k

best case 2.3M (Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation)

Games like Draconia

A typical game among these

≈ 53k–128k copies

≈ $243k–$569k 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation at ≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies, ≈ $12.0M–$32.2M 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 651 reviews in their first month; the range was 288 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Gore (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Gore, priced around $25.
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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Lobotomy Corporation \| Monster Management Simulation 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 34x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.2M after Steam's cut $21.8M–$49.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	57k reviews Very Positive	ManagementDifficult
Crime Scene Cleaner 2024	Est. copies ≈ 858k–1.4M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.1M–$19.0M after Steam's cut $12.9M–$29.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationCrime
Autopsy Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 40k–66k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $277k–$746k after Steam's cut $504k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mixed	SimulationIndie
Tales Of Glory 2020	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $82k–$220k after Steam's cut $149k–$339k before Steam's cut	$10.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ActionVR
Time of Dragons 2016	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	DragonsFree to Play
Welcome to the Game 2016	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $148k–$398k after Steam's cut $269k–$613k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	HorrorHacking
Viscera Cleanup Detail 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.1M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.1M before Steam's cut	$12.99	24k reviews Very Positive	SimulationGore
Just Die Already 2021	Est. copies ≈ 97k–158k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $401k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $730k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldMultiplayer