How much revenue did Dauntless make?

Dauntless is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Dauntless sell?

Q: How many copies did Dauntless sell?

52k to 84k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 52k–84k; from 2k reviews (Mostly Negative)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.0M–4.9M

best case 7.4M (Path of Exile 2)

Games like Dauntless

A typical game among these

≈ 3.0M–4.9M copies

≈ $22.6M–$55.1M after Steam's cut

from ~79k 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: Path of Exile 2 at ≈ 5.6M–9.1M copies, ≈ $46.4M–$124.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 86k reviews in their first month; the range was 5k to 102k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Action RPG (8 of 8) and Hack and Slash (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Hack and Slash, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, 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 79 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
Path of Exile 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $46.4M–$124.6M after Steam's cut $84.3M–$191.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	227k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RPGHack and Slash
Diablo® IV 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $26.8M–$72.1M after Steam's cut $48.8M–$111.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	79k reviews Mixed	Action RPGHack and Slash
Grim Dawn 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.4M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $31.4M–$84.5M after Steam's cut $57.2M–$130.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	110k reviews Very Positive	Action RPGHack and Slash
Titan Quest Anniversary Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $8.7M–$23.4M after Steam's cut $15.8M–$35.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	38k reviews Very Positive	RPGHack and Slash
Last Epoch 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $28.3M–$76.0M after Steam's cut $51.4M–$116.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	118k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RPGLoot
Torchlight II 2012	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.8M–$42.6M after Steam's cut $28.8M–$65.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	46k reviews Very Positive	RPGAction RPG
Toukiden 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 51k–82k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $835k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ActionOpen World
Hero Siege 2014	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.8M after Steam's cut $10.7M–$24.4M before Steam's cut	$7.99	48k reviews Mixed	Action RPGPixel Graphics