How much revenue did Doll Explorer make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Doll Explorer sell?

Q: How many copies did Doll Explorer sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 104 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before Steam's cut; from 104 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 Doll Explorer and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Doll Explorer's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20k–36k

best case 896k (Into the Breach)

Games like Doll Explorer

A typical game among these

≈ 20k–36k copies

≈ $86k–$330k after Steam's cut

from ~653 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Into the Breach at ≈ 682k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 320 reviews in their first month; the range was 78 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Rogue-lite (6 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Turn-Based Tactics, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Mechs + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, and 2 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 43 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
Into the Breach 2018	Est. copies ≈ 682k–1.1M 34x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	22k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Drop Duchy 2025	Est. copies ≈ 82k–134k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $339k–$911k after Steam's cut $616k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleStrategy
The Ouroboros King 2023	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $39k–$106k after Steam's cut $72k–$163k before Steam's cut	$9.99	578 reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based Tactics Rogue-lite
Pawnbarian 2021	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $62k–$165k after Steam's cut $112k–$254k before Steam's cut	$9.99	903 reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeTurn-Based Combat
Morphblade 2017	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $27k–$74k after Steam's cut $50k–$113k before Steam's cut	$4.99	581 reviews Very Positive	CasualIndie
Oaken 2023	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $54k–$144k after Steam's cut $98k–$222k before Steam's cut	$19.99	394 reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based TacticsCard Battler
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind 2023	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $89k–$239k after Steam's cut $162k–$368k before Steam's cut	$19.99	653 reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-BasedRogue-like
Rogue Waters 2024	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $269k–$724k after Steam's cut $489k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics