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How big is Dig Bombers?

Estimated players who have it
≈ 273–443
from 11 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 Dig Bombers and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dig Bombers's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 456–489
best case 8.0M (ULTRAKILL)
Games like Dig Bombers

A typical game among these

≈ 456–489 copies

≈ $187–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~15 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.1M–9.9M copies, ≈ $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like
The games that made it here had under 2k reviews in their first month.
Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Arcade (5 of 8) and Arena Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with FPS, priced around $16. The breakout hits carry FPS + Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped
None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2021. That says more about which games were found than about the market.
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).

Similar games

ULTRAKILL
2020
Est. copies
≈ 6.1M–9.9M
16346x vs typical
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut $91.2M–$207.4M before Steam's cut
$29.99
245k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Boomer ShooterFast-Paced
Space Runner - Anime
2021
Est. copies
≈ 372–605
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$101–$272 after Steam's cut $184–$419 before Steam's cut
$0.99
15 reviews
Mixed
ActionAdventure
BATTLE ARENA: Robot Apocalypse
2021
Est. copies
≈ 372–605
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$101–$272 after Steam's cut $184–$419 before Steam's cut
$0.99
15 reviews
Positive
Arena ShooterHero Shooter
Death Waves
2019
Est. copies
≈ 518–842
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$141–$380 after Steam's cut $256–$584 before Steam's cut
$0.99
18 reviews
Mostly Negative
IndieEarly Access
Sushi Slammers
2020
Est. copies
≈ 25–40
too small to compare
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
1 reviews
1 user reviews
ActionCasual
Glitchangels
2020
Est. copies
≈ 347–564
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$953–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut
$9.99
14 reviews
Positive
Action RoguelikeArena Shooter
Brutal Dinosaur
2021
Est. copies
≈ 273–443
SteamSpy under 20k
Est. revenue
$1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut
$14.99
11 reviews
Mixed
ActionShooter
Call Of Unity
2021
Est. copies
≈ 8k–13k
22x vs typical
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$5k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$19k before Steam's cut
$1.99
333 reviews
Mostly Positive
ActionIndie

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