How much revenue did Dino Trauma make?

$36k–$98k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dino Trauma sell?

Q: How many copies did Dino Trauma sell?

10k to 17k copies, based on its 411 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–17k; $36k–$98k after Steam's cut $66k–$151k before Steam's cut; from 411 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 Dino Trauma and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dino Trauma's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 102k–1.5M

best case 8.0M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like Dino Trauma

A typical game among these

≈ 102k–1.5M copies

≈ $740k–$4.9M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.1M–9.9M copies, ≈ $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 19 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (7 of 8) and Dinosaurs (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 79 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
Dino D-Day 2011	Est. copies ≈ 956k–1.6M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.1M after Steam's cut $4.8M–$10.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	15k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursMultiplayer
ORION: Prelude 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $488k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $887k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$0.99	28k reviews Mostly Positive	DinosaursAction
Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered 2023	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $142k–$381k after Steam's cut $258k–$586k before Steam's cut	$29.99	693 reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil 2017	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $539k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $980k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	FPSAction
Turok 2015	Est. copies ≈ 207k–336k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ActionDinosaurs
ULTRAKILL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.1M–9.9M 25x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut $91.2M–$207.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	245k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFast-Paced
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2023	Est. copies ≈ 454k–738k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$21.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS
Acre Crisis 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$4.99	67 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAdventure