How much revenue did SteamWorld Dig make?

$1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SteamWorld Dig sell?

Q: How many copies did SteamWorld Dig sell?

698k to 1.1M copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 698k–1.1M; $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut; from 11k 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 SteamWorld Dig and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SteamWorld Dig's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 118k–325k

best case 412k (SteamWorld Dig 2)

Games like SteamWorld Dig

A typical game among these

≈ 118k–325k copies

≈ $675k–$1.7M 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SteamWorld Dig 2 at ≈ 314k–510k copies, ≈ $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 136 reviews in their first month; the range was 18 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Steampunk (6 of 8) and Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Platformer, priced around $20.
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).

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SteamWorld Dig 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 314k–510k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureMetroidvania
Cursed Island 2021	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$8.99	21 reviews Positive	AdventureAction
The Howler 2014	Est. copies ≈ 117k–190k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch 2021	Est. copies ≈ 181k–293k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $794k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$15.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Metroidvania Platformer
Forgotton Anne 2018	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $345k–$927k after Steam's cut $627k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Story RichAtmospheric
Contrast 2013	Est. copies ≈ 361k–587k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $992k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Very Positive	IndieFemale Protagonist
Teslagrad 2013	Est. copies ≈ 157k–254k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $430k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $782k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Platformer Puzzle
Ad Fundum 2024	Est. copies ≈ 13k–22k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $26k–$69k after Steam's cut $47k–$107k before Steam's cut	$6.99	541 reviews Very Positive	MiningCollectathon