How much revenue did Dual Universe make?

Dual Universe is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Dual Universe sell?

Q: How many copies did Dual Universe sell?

14k to 23k copies, based on its 565 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–23k; from 565 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 Dual Universe and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dual Universe's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–5.9M

best case 9.4M (Kerbal Space Program)

Games like Dual Universe

A typical game among these

≈ 1.2M–5.9M copies

≈ $19.5M–$53.9M after Steam's cut

from ~92k 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: Kerbal Space Program at ≈ 7.2M–11.7M copies, ≈ $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 10k reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Space (6 of 8) and Building (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Space + Simulation, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2021, and none of them 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Trove 2015	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	93k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayOpen World
Dyson Sphere Program 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.7M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AutomationSpace
X4: Foundations 2018	Est. copies ≈ 920k–1.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.0M after Steam's cut $23.0M–$52.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	30k reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSimulation
Exocraft 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	356 reviews Mixed	SpaceshipsMassively Multiplayer
Kerbal Space Program 2015	Est. copies ≈ 7.2M–11.7M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $79.0M–$212.3M after Steam's cut $143.6M–$326.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	147k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SpaceSimulation
Empyrion - Galactic Survival 2020	Est. copies ≈ 854k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.6M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	34k reviews Mostly Positive	Simulation Co-op
Starfighter General 2020	Est. copies ≈ 794–1k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	32 reviews Mostly Positive	Space SimSpace
Star Sonata 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 7k–12k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	293 reviews Mixed	SpaceSandbox