How much revenue did DragonStrike make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DragonStrike sell?

Q: How many copies did DragonStrike sell?

719 to 1k copies, based on its 29 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 719–1k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut; from 29 reviews (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 DragonStrike and predicted how it would do from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including DragonStrike's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.6M–10.4M

best case 10.5M (Sons Of The Forest)

Games like DragonStrike

A typical game among these

≈ 1.6M–10.4M copies

≈ $9.8M–$80.0M after Steam's cut

from ~64k 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 5 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Sons Of The Forest at ≈ 8.0M–12.9M copies, ≈ $65.7M–$176.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 37k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 178k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (4 of 5) and Co-op (3 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Open World, priced around $30.
When they shipped: 4 of the 5 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 of about 31, 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
Sons Of The Forest 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8.0M–12.9M 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $65.7M–$176.6M after Steam's cut $119.4M–$271.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	321k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalOpen World
Contraband Police 2023	Est. copies ≈ 641k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.2M after Steam's cut $9.6M–$21.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldSimulation
Chained Together 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	64k reviews Very Positive	Co-opAdventure
Schedule I 2025	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.8M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $43.4M–$116.6M after Steam's cut $78.8M–$179.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	318k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Simulation Co-op
Slime Rancher 2 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	50k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessCute