How much revenue did DLC Quest make?

$324k–$870k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DLC Quest sell?

Q: How many copies did DLC Quest sell?

394k to 640k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 394k–640k; $324k–$870k after Steam's cut $589k–$1.3M before Steam's cut; from 6k 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 DLC Quest and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DLC Quest's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 60k–162k

best case 263k (Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures)

Games like DLC Quest

A typical game among these

≈ 60k–162k copies

≈ $277k–$535k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures at ≈ 200k–326k copies, ≈ $275k–$739k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 51 reviews in their first month; the range was 19 to 679.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (7 of 8) and Comedy (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Platformer + Comedy, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 3 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
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures 2013	Est. copies ≈ 200k–326k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $275k–$739k after Steam's cut $500k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerIndie
Goblins and Grottos 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $8k–$23k after Steam's cut $15k–$35k before Steam's cut	$8.99	82 reviews Mixed	ComedyLevel Editor
GOOOOOOAL! 2024	Est. copies ≈ 47k–76k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $26k–$69k after Steam's cut $47k–$106k before Steam's cut	$1.99	2k reviews Very Positive	CasualPlatformer
Hell Pie 2022	Est. copies ≈ 44k–72k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $306k–$822k after Steam's cut $556k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ComedyThird Person
LUL inc. 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$15k before Steam's cut	$4.99	108 reviews Very Positive	CasualArcade
Super Intern Story 2023	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut	$8.99	31 reviews Positive	Funny2D Platformer
Mask Quest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before Steam's cut	$9.99	60 reviews Very Positive	ActionPlatformer
Yet Another Climbing Game 2024	Est. copies ≈ 694–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $953–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$4.99	28 reviews Positive	StrategyPsychological