How much revenue did Nothing DOG make?

$515–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nothing DOG sell?

Q: How many copies did Nothing DOG sell?

942 to 2k copies, based on its 38 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 942–2k; $515–$1k after Steam's cut $937–$2k before Steam's cut; from 38 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 Nothing DOG and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nothing DOG's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–51k

best case 413k (TOEM: A Photo Adventure)

Games like Nothing DOG

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–51k copies

≈ $103k–$315k after Steam's cut

from ~682 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Exploration (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: TOEM: A Photo Adventure at ≈ 315k–512k copies, ≈ $1.7M–$4.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 307 reviews in their first month; the range was 48 to 556.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Exploration (4 of 8) and Wholesome (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cozy + Wholesome, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2025, 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 36 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
TOEM: A Photo Adventure 2021	Est. copies ≈ 315k–512k 19x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CozyWholesome
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $51k–$137k after Steam's cut $93k–$211k before Steam's cut	$12.99	575 reviews Very Positive	Story RichAdventure
Songbird Symphony 2019	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $94k–$252k after Steam's cut $171k–$388k before Steam's cut	$16.99	697 reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
Recollection 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut	$1.99	134 reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericNature
Locomoto 2025	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $114k–$305k after Steam's cut $206k–$470k before Steam's cut	$24.99	666 reviews Very Positive	CozyCharacter Customization
Meg's Monster 2023	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $135k–$363k after Steam's cut $246k–$559k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndiePixel Graphics
Hauntii 2024	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $58k–$155k after Steam's cut $105k–$239k before Steam's cut	$19.99	424 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationCute
Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip 2024	Est. copies ≈ 56k–91k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $278k–$748k after Steam's cut $506k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationAdventure