How much revenue did Dark Quest 2 make?

$50k–$134k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dark Quest 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Dark Quest 2 sell?

20k to 33k copies, based on its 662 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 20k–33k; $50k–$134k after Steam's cut $90k–$206k before Steam's cut; from 662 reviews (Very 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 Dark Quest 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dark Quest 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 72k–143k

best case 179k (Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager)

Games like Dark Quest 2

A typical game among these

≈ 72k–143k copies

≈ $391k–$882k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager at ≈ 136k–222k copies, ≈ $750k–$2.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Board Game (5 of 8) and Turn-Based (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Villain Protagonist, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Card Hunter 2015	Est. copies ≈ 260k–423k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayCard Game
Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager 2021	Est. copies ≈ 136k–222k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $750k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	Pixel GraphicsTurn-Based Combat
Trials of Fire 2021	Est. copies ≈ 81k–131k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $445k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $809k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerTurn-Based Tactics
Warhammer Quest (Classic) 2015	Est. copies ≈ 58k–94k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $478k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $869k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mixed	RPGStrategy
Fated Kingdom 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $23k–$63k after Steam's cut $43k–$97k before Steam's cut	$9.99	296 reviews Mostly Positive	Board GameTabletop
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain 2016	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $166k–$446k after Steam's cut $301k–$686k before Steam's cut	$19.99	725 reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureIndie
Dungeon Rushers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 51k–83k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $212k–$569k after Steam's cut $385k–$876k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mixed	Dungeon Crawler Rogue-lite
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation 2017	Est. copies ≈ 68k–110k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	RPGAdventure