How much revenue did Digs TD make?

$14k–$39k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Digs TD sell?

Q: How many copies did Digs TD sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 106 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $14k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$60k before Steam's cut; from 106 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 Digs TD and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Digs TD's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–88k

best case 1.3M (Craft The World)

Games like Digs TD

A typical game among these

≈ 9k–88k copies

≈ $7k–$387k after Steam's cut

from ~695 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: Craft The World at ≈ 961k–1.6M copies, ≈ $5.0M–$13.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dwarf (8 of 8) and Tower Defense (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dwarf + Colony Sim, priced around $19.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 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 79 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
Dwarfs!? 2011	Est. copies ≈ 68k–111k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $188k–$505k after Steam's cut $341k–$776k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Craft The World 2014	Est. copies ≈ 961k–1.6M 25x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.5M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.8M before Steam's cut	$18.99	17k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Dwarf Tower 2014	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut	$0.99	279 reviews Mostly Positive	DwarfIndie
Aurora Dusk: Steam Age 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $24k–$66k after Steam's cut $44k–$101k before Steam's cut	$9.99	309 reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
Gnomes 2025	Est. copies ≈ 46k–74k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $126k–$338k after Steam's cut $229k–$520k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseTurn-Based
We Are The Dwarves 2016	Est. copies ≈ 67k–109k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $276k–$742k after Steam's cut $502k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mixed	IndieAdventure
Mostly Intense Monster Defense 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$4.99	67 reviews Very Positive	DwarfTower Defense
Dwarf Defense 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $557–$1k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	41 reviews Mixed	DwarfStrategy