How much revenue did From Dust make?

$778k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did From Dust sell?

Q: How many copies did From Dust sell?

189k to 307k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 189k–307k; $778k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 From Dust and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including From Dust's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 94k–836k

best case 1.9M (WorldBox - God Simulator)

Games like From Dust

A typical game among these

≈ 94k–836k copies

≈ $564k–$12.6M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: WorldBox - God Simulator at ≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies, ≈ $7.8M–$20.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 6k reviews in their first month; the range was 3k to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share God Game (8 of 8) and Sandbox (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sandbox + God Game, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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
Reus 2013	Est. copies ≈ 379k–616k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	God GameStrategy
Doodle God 2015	Est. copies ≈ 76k–123k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $313k–$841k after Steam's cut $569k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual
Planet Coaster 2 2024	Est. copies ≈ 366k–595k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.6M after Steam's cut $11.9M–$27.1M before Steam's cut	$64.99	15k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationStrategy
Universe Sandbox 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.0M–$35.0M after Steam's cut $23.6M–$53.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSpace
The Universim 2024	Est. copies ≈ 265k–430k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	City BuilderGod Game
WorldBox - God Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 6.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$20.9M after Steam's cut $14.1M–$32.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	57k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxGod Game
The Sapling 2019	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $286k–$768k after Steam's cut $520k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$17.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Life SimSandbox
Tiny Town VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $179k–$481k after Steam's cut $325k–$740k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationIndie