How much revenue did DSX make?

$485k–$1.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DSX sell?

Q: How many copies did DSX sell?

221k to 358k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 221k–358k; $485k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $881k–$2.0M before Steam's cut; from 9k 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 DSX and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DSX's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 32k–228k

best case 40.7M (Wallpaper Engine)

Games like DSX

A typical game among these

≈ 32k–228k copies

≈ $33k–$477k 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.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Wallpaper Engine at ≈ 31.0M–50.3M copies, ≈ $42.5M–$114.3M 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 343 reviews in their first month; the range was 145 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Software (7 of 8) and Utilities (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Mature + First-Person + NSFW; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of the 7 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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SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 66x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 31.0M–50.3M 771x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut $77.3M–$175.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities
GameGuru Classic 2015	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $563k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Game DevelopmentSoftware
Ai Vpet 2024	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut	$1.99	448 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationCasual
Are you ready for Valve Index? 2019	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	989 reviews Very Positive	VRUtilities
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FlowScape 2019	Est. copies ≈ 38k–62k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $157k–$422k after Steam's cut $285k–$649k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSandbox
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