How much revenue did DeadOS make?

$15k–$40k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DeadOS sell?

Q: How many copies did DeadOS sell?

5k to 7k copies, based on its 183 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–7k; $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$62k before Steam's cut; from 183 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 DeadOS and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DeadOS's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 32k–108k

best case 3.6M (Plague Inc: Evolved)

Games like DeadOS

A typical game among these

≈ 32k–108k copies

≈ $176k–$574k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Plague Inc: Evolved at ≈ 2.7M–4.5M copies, ≈ $11.3M–$30.4M 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 561 reviews in their first month; the range was 214 to 28k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (5 of 8) and Survival (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Zombies + Early Access; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, 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
Plague Inc: Evolved 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.5M 53x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.3M–$30.4M after Steam's cut $20.6M–$46.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	66k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Rise of Gun 2024	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $101k–$271k after Steam's cut $183k–$417k before Steam's cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Life SimSimulation
No More Room in Hell 2 2026	Est. copies ≈ 709k–1.2M 23x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.8M–$15.7M after Steam's cut $10.6M–$24.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	29k reviews Mixed	Early AccessZombies
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville 2015	Est. copies ≈ 100k–163k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $412k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $750k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim Survival
Bio Inc. Redemption 2018	Est. copies ≈ 99k–161k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $353k–$950k after Steam's cut $642k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$12.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Medical SimOutbreak Sim
Tin Can 2022	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $186k–$499k after Steam's cut $337k–$767k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSpace
Perfect Heist 2018	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $22k–$58k after Steam's cut $40k–$90k before Steam's cut	$4.99	521 reviews Mostly Positive	MultiplayerAction
Deisim 2022	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $94k–$252k after Steam's cut $170k–$388k before Steam's cut	$14.99	917 reviews Very Positive	God GameSandbox