How much revenue did Ancient Dino Runner make?

$646–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ancient Dino Runner sell?

Q: How many copies did Ancient Dino Runner sell?

471 to 766 copies, based on its 19 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 471–766; $646–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 19 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 Ancient Dino Runner and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ancient Dino Runner's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–29k

best case 105k (Dino Run DX)

Games like Ancient Dino Runner

A typical game among these

≈ 15k–29k copies

≈ $27k–$112k after Steam's cut

from ~440 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: Dino Run DX at ≈ 80k–130k copies, ≈ $131k–$353k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 17 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 384.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (8 of 8) and Runner (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dinosaurs + Racing, priced around $6.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Dino Run DX 2015	Est. copies ≈ 80k–130k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $131k–$353k after Steam's cut $239k–$543k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursPixel Graphics
Bauer 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	41 reviews Positive	ActionRacing
Switchcars 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before Steam's cut	$8.99	467 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction
JumpJet Rex 2015	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $71k–$192k after Steam's cut $130k–$296k before Steam's cut	$9.99	533 reviews Very Positive	Side Scroller2D Platformer
Summer Catchers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $53k–$121k before Steam's cut	$8.99	412 reviews Very Positive	RunnerPixel Graphics
Jones On Fire 2015	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$40k before Steam's cut	$2.99	241 reviews Mixed	RunnerCats
Speed Stars 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$2.99	244 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsRacing
Ninja Ming: Novice Area 2021	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	29 reviews Positive	CasualAdventure