How much revenue did Dolls Nest make?

$343k–$921k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dolls Nest sell?

Q: How many copies did Dolls Nest sell?

62k to 101k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 62k–101k; $343k–$921k after Steam's cut $623k–$1.4M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Dolls Nest and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dolls Nest's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 675–748k

best case 2.8M (ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™)

Games like Dolls Nest

A typical game among these

≈ 675–748k copies

≈ $2k–$8.3M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™ at ≈ 2.1M–3.5M copies, ≈ $35.2M–$94.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 46k reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Mechs (5 of 8) and Sci-fi (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mechs + Character Customization, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 1 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 43 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
ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™ 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.5M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $35.2M–$94.8M after Steam's cut $64.1M–$145.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	86k reviews Very Positive	MechsCharacter Customization
The Surge 2 2019	Est. copies ≈ 277k–450k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	Souls-likeRPG
The Surge 2017	Est. copies ≈ 423k–688k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	12k reviews Mostly Positive	Souls-likeAction
BATTLETECH 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.6M 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.1M–$29.9M after Steam's cut $20.2M–$46.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	33k reviews Very Positive	MechsStrategy
Robo Pose 2024	Est. copies ≈ 347–564 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $285–$767 after Steam's cut $519–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.99	14 reviews Positive	DifficultPrecision Platformer
Metal Wolf Chaos XD 2019	Est. copies ≈ 26k–43k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $182k–$488k after Steam's cut $330k–$752k before Steam's cut	$24.99	918 reviews Very Positive	AmericaMechs
Mugen Journey 2021	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$110 after Steam's cut $74–$169 before Steam's cut	$1.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	ActionCasual
Katana Robo: RTA 2023	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$7.99	23 reviews Mostly Positive	3D PlatformerRunner