How much revenue did Miner: Dig Deep make?

$12k–$33k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Miner: Dig Deep sell?

Q: How many copies did Miner: Dig Deep sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 257 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut; from 257 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 Miner: Dig Deep and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Miner: Dig Deep's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 138–25k

best case 769k (Neon Abyss)

Games like Miner: Dig Deep

A typical game among these

≈ 138–25k copies

≈ $203–$120k after Steam's cut

from ~38 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Neon Abyss at ≈ 586k–952k copies, ≈ $5.1M–$13.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 3k 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 Mining (6 of 8) and Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-like + Platformer, priced around $31.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 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
Neon Abyss 2020	Est. copies ≈ 586k–952k 622x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.6M after Steam's cut $9.2M–$21.0M before Steam's cut	$31.49	24k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-like Platformer
Robo Miner 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 115–187 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $126–$339 after Steam's cut $229–$522 before Steam's cut	$3.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	CasualMining
! That Bastard Is Trying To Steal Our Gold ! 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before Steam's cut	$2.99	142 reviews Mixed	Puzzle-PlatformerDark Humor
Planet Centauri 2024	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k 63x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $245k–$658k after Steam's cut $445k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	ExplorationSandbox
Robo Miner 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$3.99	44 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIndie
Gilligan's Gold 2022	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $61–$164 after Steam's cut $111–$253 before Steam's cut	$2.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	Action2D Platformer
Mad Miner 2023	Est. copies ≈ 794–1k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$9.99	32 reviews Positive	AdventureMining
mine shaft 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$112 before Steam's cut	$3.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	StrategyAdventure