How much revenue did REM: The Dreamer make?

$819–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did REM: The Dreamer sell?

Q: How many copies did REM: The Dreamer sell?

298 to 484 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 298–484; $819–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 12 reviews (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 REM: The Dreamer and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including REM: The Dreamer's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 544k–1.1M

best case 2.1M (HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition)

Games like REM: The Dreamer

A typical game among these

≈ 544k–1.1M copies

≈ $4.1M–$8.6M after Steam's cut

from ~14k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition at ≈ 1.6M–2.7M copies, ≈ $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Top-Down Shooter (6 of 8) and Co-op (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Top-Down Shooter, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 1997 to 2021, 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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HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.7M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut $16.3M–$37.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	Online Co-OpCo-op
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