How much revenue did Dex make?

$954k–$2.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dex sell?

Q: How many copies did Dex sell?

174k to 282k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 174k–282k; $954k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Dex and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dex's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 579k–1.3M

best case 2.3M (Transistor)

Games like Dex

A typical game among these

≈ 579k–1.3M copies

≈ $4.1M–$6.5M after Steam's cut

from ~16k 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 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Transistor at ≈ 1.8M–2.8M copies, ≈ $9.6M–$25.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Female Protagonist (5 of 8) and Sci-fi (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Female Protagonist + Cyberpunk, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2020, and none of them 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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Wolfenstein: Youngblood 2019	Est. copies ≈ 460k–747k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.8M after Steam's cut $4.6M–$10.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Mixed	ActionCo-op
Transistor 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.8M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.6M–$25.9M after Steam's cut $17.5M–$39.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	31k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackFemale Protagonist
CrossCode 2018	Est. copies ≈ 562k–914k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Action RPGPixel Graphics
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