How much revenue did Dream make?

$120k–$323k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dream sell?

Q: How many copies did Dream sell?

49k to 79k copies, based on its 996 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 49k–79k; $120k–$323k after Steam's cut $218k–$497k before Steam's cut; from 996 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 Dream and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dream's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 89k–210k

best case 207k (Scanner Sombre)

Games like Dream

A typical game among these

≈ 89k–210k copies

≈ $662k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Scanner Sombre at ≈ 157k–256k copies, ≈ $303k–$814k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 486 reviews in their first month; the range was 479 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (8 of 8) and VR (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Exploration + Horror, priced around $7.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 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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The Solus Project 2016	Est. copies ≈ 109k–178k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $601k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAdventure
Google Earth VR 2016	Est. copies ≈ 173k–281k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	VRFree to Play
Mýrdalssandur, Iceland 2020	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayWalking Simulator
Riven 2024	Est. copies ≈ 72k–116k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $689k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Heaven Island - VR MMO 2015	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $54k–$146k after Steam's cut $99k–$225k before Steam's cut	$1.99	2k reviews Mixed	Walking SimulatorAdventure
Myst 2021	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $528k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $960k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	2k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Obduction 2016	Est. copies ≈ 166k–270k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
Scanner Sombre 2017	Est. copies ≈ 157k–256k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $303k–$814k after Steam's cut $550k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$6.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationHorror