How much revenue did Dino Run DX make?

$131k–$353k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dino Run DX sell?

Q: How many copies did Dino Run DX sell?

80k to 130k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 80k–130k; $131k–$353k after Steam's cut $239k–$543k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Dino Run DX and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dino Run DX's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 95k–502k

best case 502k (Retrowave)

Games like Dino Run DX

A typical game among these

≈ 95k–502k copies

≈ $195k–$944k after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Retrowave at ≈ 383k–622k copies, ≈ $315k–$846k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 7k reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (6 of 8) and Runner (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + 1980s, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 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
Drift86 2019	Est. copies ≈ 214k–348k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $117k–$316k after Steam's cut $213k–$485k before Steam's cut	$1.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RacingMultiplayer
Retrowave 2022	Est. copies ≈ 383k–622k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $315k–$846k after Steam's cut $572k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$2.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Racing1980s
JumpJet Rex 2015	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $71k–$192k after Steam's cut $130k–$296k before Steam's cut	$9.99	533 reviews Very Positive	Side Scroller2D Platformer
Race The Sun 2013	Est. copies ≈ 402k–653k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Procedural GenerationRunner
Vecter 2020	Est. copies ≈ 72k–117k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayRacing
Curiosaurios Club. Un viaje espacial 2021	Est. copies ≈ 149–242 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6 reviews 6 user reviews	CasualArcade
Ancient Dino Runner 2021	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $646–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$4.99	19 reviews Mixed	RacingSide Scroller
Dinosaur Running（恐龙快跑） 2024	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14–$36 after Steam's cut $25–$56 before Steam's cut	$0.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	CasualAdventure