How much revenue did Dummynation make?

$268k–$721k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dummynation sell?

Q: How many copies did Dummynation sell?

81k to 132k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 81k–132k; $268k–$721k after Steam's cut $487k–$1.1M 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 Dummynation and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dummynation's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–10.8M

best case 19.8M (Hearts of Iron IV)

Games like Dummynation

A typical game among these

≈ 2.0M–10.8M copies

≈ $16.6M–$209.5M after Steam's cut

from ~62k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Hearts of Iron IV at ≈ 15.1M–24.6M copies, ≈ $207.7M–$558.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 20k reviews in their first month; the range was 5k to 35k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Grand Strategy (8 of 8) and Historical (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with World War II + Grand Strategy, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2025, 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 79 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
Victoria II 2010	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.5M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$29.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	21k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Europa Universalis IV 2013	Est. copies ≈ 8.5M–13.8M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $116.6M–$313.5M after Steam's cut $212.0M–$482.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	134k reviews Very Positive	Grand StrategyStrategy
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition 2010	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.6M–$25.9M after Steam's cut $17.5M–$39.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	28k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Hearts of Iron IV 2016	Est. copies ≈ 15.1M–24.6M 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $207.7M–$558.4M after Steam's cut $377.6M–$859.1M before Steam's cut	$49.99	363k reviews Very Positive	StrategyWorld War II
Stellaris 2016	Est. copies ≈ 8.2M–13.3M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $112.6M–$302.6M after Steam's cut $204.7M–$465.6M before Steam's cut	$49.99	197k reviews Very Positive	SpaceGrand Strategy
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV 2020	Est. copies ≈ 404k–656k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	16k reviews Mixed	Turn-Based TacticsWargame
Victoria 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.4M after Steam's cut $38.8M–$88.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	63k reviews Mixed	Grand StrategyEconomy
Sid Meier's Civilization VII 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $29.7M–$79.9M after Steam's cut $54.1M–$123.0M before Steam's cut	$69.99	62k reviews Mixed	Grand StrategyHistorical