How much revenue did Dune: Imperium make?

$691k–$1.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dune: Imperium sell?

Q: How many copies did Dune: Imperium sell?

109k to 178k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 109k–178k; $691k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Dune: Imperium and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dune: Imperium's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 103k–159k

best case 255k (Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game)

Games like Dune: Imperium

A typical game among these

≈ 103k–159k copies

≈ $489k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game at ≈ 194k–316k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 157 reviews in their first month; the range was 29 to 853.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Card Game (7 of 8) and Deckbuilding (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Tactics + Post-apocalyptic.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, 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 70 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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