How much revenue did Dale Hardshovel HD make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dale Hardshovel HD sell?

Q: How many copies did Dale Hardshovel HD sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 40 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 40 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 Dale Hardshovel HD and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dale Hardshovel HD's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 163k–655k

best case 1.2M (Peggle Deluxe)

Games like Dale Hardshovel HD

A typical game among these

≈ 163k–655k copies

≈ $567k–$2.3M 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Peggle Deluxe at ≈ 921k–1.5M copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 31 reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 472.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Arcade (8 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Arcade, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Peggle Deluxe 2007	Est. copies ≈ 921k–1.5M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
PAC-MAN™ Championship Edition DX+ 2013	Est. copies ≈ 521k–847k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ArcadeRetro
Zuma Deluxe 2006	Est. copies ≈ 433k–703k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $594k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Match 3Puzzle
Duck Simulator 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationAdventure
Zuma's Revenge! 2009	Est. copies ≈ 224k–364k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $307k–$826k after Steam's cut $559k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	CasualAction
PePiBo: Peregrino Pinata Bowling 2021	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $163–$440 after Steam's cut $296–$677 before Steam's cut	$7.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	CasualSports
Progressbar95 2020	Est. copies ≈ 91k–148k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $125k–$337k after Steam's cut $228k–$519k before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualArcade
Candy gun 2021	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $340–$918 after Steam's cut $619–$1k before Steam's cut	$9.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Turn-Based TacticsMatch 3