How much revenue did Desert Special Forces make?

$6k–$15k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Desert Special Forces sell?

Q: How many copies did Desert Special Forces sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 41 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut; from 41 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 Desert Special Forces and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Desert Special Forces's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–7k

best case 17k (GOAL! The Club Manager)

Games like Desert Special Forces

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–7k copies

≈ $5k–$62k after Steam's cut

from ~82 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: GOAL! The Club Manager at ≈ 13k–21k copies, ≈ $107k–$288k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 18 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 185.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Sports (8 of 8) and Grand Strategy (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sports + Football (Soccer), priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 2 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 61 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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Magatch 2025	Est. copies ≈ 893–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$7k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before Steam's cut	$9.99	36 reviews Mixed	CasualSports
GOAL! The Club Manager 2022	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k 6.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $107k–$288k after Steam's cut $194k–$442k before Steam's cut	$29.99	523 reviews Mostly Negative	Early AccessSports
Club Manager 2016 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $27k–$74k after Steam's cut $50k–$113k before Steam's cut	$19.99	102 reviews Mixed	SportsSimulation
Axis Football 2024 2023	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28k–$76k after Steam's cut $52k–$117k before Steam's cut	$19.99	208 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationSports
Deadblast 2023	Est. copies ≈ 769–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$9.99	31 reviews Mixed	CasualAdventure
Rugby Union Team Manager 4 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $17k–$45k after Steam's cut $30k–$69k before Steam's cut	$39.99	61 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation
Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $49k–$132k after Steam's cut $89k–$203k before Steam's cut	$34.99	177 reviews Mostly Positive	HorsesSimulation
Pro Football 2024	Est. copies ≈ 843–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$11.99	34 reviews Positive	Sportse-sports