How much revenue did Catch the dustling make?

$68–$183 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Catch the dustling sell?

Q: How many copies did Catch the dustling sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $68–$183 after Steam's cut $123–$281 before Steam's cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Only 5 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Catch the dustling and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Catch the dustling's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 216k–439k

best case 1.6M (Rogue Legacy)

Games like Catch the dustling

A typical game among these

≈ 216k–439k copies

≈ $1.0M–$4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Rogue Legacy at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 975 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Platformer (7 of 8) and Metroidvania (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguevania + Platformer, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Rogue Legacy 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 376k–611k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	ArcadeMetroidvania
Volgarr the Viking 2013	Est. copies ≈ 155k–252k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $426k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $775k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerDifficult
Exit the Gungeon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 93k–152k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $256k–$689k after Steam's cut $466k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	ArcadeAction
You Have to Win the Game 2014	Est. copies ≈ 321k–521k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaFree to Play
Outland 2014	Est. copies ≈ 221k–360k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerAction
Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaPlatformer
Laika: Aged Through Blood 2023	Est. copies ≈ 167k–272k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $919k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericArcade
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 238k–387k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $981k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Platformer Metroidvania