How much revenue did DREDGE make?

$9.7M–$26.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DREDGE sell?

Q: How many copies did DREDGE sell?

1.4M to 2.3M copies, based on its 57k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.4M–2.3M; $9.7M–$26.0M after Steam's cut $17.6M–$40.1M before the cut; from 57k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left DREDGE out and predicted the genre from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including DREDGE's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.1M–8.4M

best case 17.6M (Valheim)

Games like DREDGE

The middle of these games

≈ 3.1M–8.4M copies

≈ $33.9M–$81.7M after Steam's cut

from ~107k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 4 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Valheim at ≈ 13.4M–21.9M copies, ≈ $110.9M–$298.2M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (3 of 4) and Story Rich (2 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, and none of them 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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What Remains of Edith Finch 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–3.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $10.0M–$26.8M after Steam's cut $18.2M–$41.3M before the cut	$19.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichAtmospheric
DAVE THE DIVER 2023	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.5M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $22.1M–$59.4M after Steam's cut $40.2M–$91.5M before the cut	$19.99	162k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsCasual
Valheim 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13.4M–21.9M 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $110.9M–$298.2M after Steam's cut $201.6M–$458.7M before the cut	$29.99	542k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
SOMA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.2M–$57.0M after Steam's cut $38.5M–$87.7M before the cut	$29.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Psychological Horror