How much revenue did Beastie Bay DX make?

$8k–$20k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Beastie Bay DX sell?

Q: How many copies did Beastie Bay DX sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 123 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $8k–$20k after Steam's cut $14k–$31k before Steam's cut; from 123 reviews (Mostly 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 Beastie Bay DX and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Beastie Bay DX's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–1.5M

best case 9.9M (RimWorld)

Games like Beastie Bay DX

A typical game among these

≈ 14k–1.5M copies

≈ $47k–$14.2M 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.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: RimWorld at ≈ 7.6M–12.3M copies, ≈ $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 153 reviews in their first month; the range was 29 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Colony Sim (8 of 8) and Building (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 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 38 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
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M 177x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut $132.2M–$300.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	249k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Alpha Lyrae Discovery 2019	Est. copies ≈ 518–842 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$10.99	18 reviews Positive	Colony Sim City Builder
High Sea Saga DX 2023	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$137k before Steam's cut	$8.99	541 reviews Very Positive	SimulationPirates
Oxygen Not Included 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M 103x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.5M–$76.7M after Steam's cut $51.9M–$118.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	144k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Sheltered 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 55k–90k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $303k–$814k after Steam's cut $551k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	SurvivalResource Management
Mind Over Magic 2025	Est. copies ≈ 111k–181k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $765k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Survival Colony Sim
The Wratch's Den 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $5k–$12k before Steam's cut	$5.99	72 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyBase-Building
Ninja Village 2022	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $36k–$97k after Steam's cut $66k–$150k before Steam's cut	$8.99	590 reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGWargame