How much revenue did Dwarfs!? make?

$188k–$505k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dwarfs!? sell?

Q: How many copies did Dwarfs!? sell?

68k to 111k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 68k–111k; $188k–$505k after Steam's cut $341k–$776k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Dwarfs!? and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dwarfs!?'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 60k–1.5M

best case 9.9M (RimWorld)

Games like Dwarfs!?

A typical game among these

≈ 60k–1.5M copies

≈ $400k–$12.5M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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: RimWorld at ≈ 7.6M–12.3M copies, ≈ $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 649 to 16k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (6 of 8) and Colony Sim (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Colony Sim + Base-Building, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2025, 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 43 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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Regions Of Ruin 2018	Est. copies ≈ 141k–230k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $466k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $848k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$11.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RPGAdventure
KeeperRL 2024	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $247k–$665k after Steam's cut $450k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	UndergroundSimulation
Dwarf Fortress 2022	Est. copies ≈ 783k–1.3M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.4M after Steam's cut $11.7M–$26.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
WorldBox - God Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 3.1x 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
RimWorld 2018	Est. copies ≈ 7.6M–12.3M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $72.7M–$195.4M after Steam's cut $132.2M–$300.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	249k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Colony SimBase-Building
Kingdoms and Castles 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.0M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	32k reviews Very Positive	City Builder Colony Sim
Gnomes 2025	Est. copies ≈ 46k–74k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $126k–$338k after Steam's cut $229k–$520k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseTurn-Based
DwarfCorp 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before Steam's cut	$2.99	175 reviews Mixed	DwarfStrategy