How much revenue did Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons make?

$298k–$800k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons sell?

Q: How many copies did Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons sell?

43k to 70k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 43k–70k; $298k–$800k after Steam's cut $541k–$1.2M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons and predicted how it would do from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–5.4M

best case 10.0M (Cuphead)

Games like Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–5.4M copies

≈ $8.8M–$36.3M after Steam's cut

from ~45k 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 4 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: Cuphead at ≈ 7.6M–12.4M copies, ≈ $41.9M–$112.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (3 of 4) and Co-op (2 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Platformer, priced around $20.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2017. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 43 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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Broforce 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.3M–$33.0M after Steam's cut $22.3M–$50.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	61k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AmericaAction
Sonic Mania 2017	Est. copies ≈ 995k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.5M–$14.7M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	29k reviews Very Positive	Great Soundtrack2D
Cuphead 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.4M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $41.9M–$112.7M after Steam's cut $76.2M–$173.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	222k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DifficultCartoon
Lost Castle / 失落城堡 2016	Est. copies ≈ 998k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	24k reviews Very Positive	4 Player LocalAction Roguelike