How many copies did Dogfight Elite sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 78 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Dogfight Elite make?

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

How big is Dogfight Elite?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 2k–3k; from 78 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 Dogfight Elite and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dogfight Elite's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 22k–49k

best case 362k (Nuclear Option)

Games like Dogfight Elite

A typical game among these

≈ 22k–49k copies

≈ $97k–$241k after Steam's cut

from ~702 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Nuclear Option at ≈ 276k–448k copies, ≈ $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 318 reviews in their first month; the range was 135 to 601.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Flight (8 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Flight + Simulation, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry VR + Historical + Combat; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2024, and 1 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
Fleet Command 2006	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $83k–$224k after Steam's cut $152k–$345k before Steam's cut	$9.99	480 reviews Very Positive	WargameRTS
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad 2014	Est. copies ≈ 559k–909k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	FlightRealistic
Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight 2019	Est. copies ≈ 52k–84k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayFlight
Nuclear Option 2023	Est. copies ≈ 276k–448k 16x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessFlight
Falcon 4.0 2016	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $52k–$141k after Steam's cut $95k–$217k before Steam's cut	$14.99	306 reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China 2017	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $131k–$352k after Steam's cut $238k–$541k before Steam's cut	$14.99	923 reviews Mostly Positive	FlightWorld War II
Tiny Combat Arena 2022	Est. copies ≈ 39k–64k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $216k–$581k after Steam's cut $393k–$893k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSimulation
B-17 Flying Fortress : The Mighty 8th Redux 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $35k–$95k after Steam's cut $64k–$146k before Steam's cut	$14.99	346 reviews Mixed	ActionSimulation