How much revenue did DGGWare make?

$4k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DGGWare sell?

Q: How many copies did DGGWare sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 70 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut; from 70 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 DGGWare and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DGGWare's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 244–863

best case 124k (Zup! Zero)

Games like DGGWare

A typical game among these

≈ 244–863 copies

≈ $330–$881 after Steam's cut

from ~12 reviews

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

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Zup! Zero at ≈ 94k–154k copies, ≈ $52k–$139k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 6 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 17.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (6 of 8) and Hidden Object (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Fast-Paced, priced around $2. The breakout hits carry Fast-Paced + Physics + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2022. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 43 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
Zup! Zero 2017	Est. copies ≈ 94k–154k 229x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $52k–$139k after Steam's cut $94k–$214k before Steam's cut	$1.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleCasual
Horror Girl Puzzle 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k 6.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $629–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$0.99	76 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleExperimental
I Love Finding Critters 2022	Est. copies ≈ 298–484 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $983–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$11.99	12 reviews Positive	CasualHidden Object
SANONTA - Finnish Proverb Game 2022	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $150–$401 after Steam's cut $272–$617 before Steam's cut	$1.99	11 reviews Positive	CasualCard Game
Athena, the rabbit - Jigsaw Puzzle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $183–$490 after Steam's cut $332–$754 before Steam's cut	$0.99	27 reviews Positive	TabletopShort
Mini Moves: Among Stars 2020	Est. copies ≈ 645–1k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $175–$472 after Steam's cut $319–$726 before Steam's cut	$0.99	26 reviews Positive	Mouse onlyEducation
I Love Finding MORE Pups 2022	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $244–$660 after Steam's cut $444–$1k before Steam's cut	$11.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	CasualHidden Object
Finding America: The Heartland 2022	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $327–$878 after Steam's cut $594–$1k before Steam's cut	$11.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	CasualHidden Object