How much revenue did Dog Duty make?

$4k–$12k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dog Duty sell?

Q: How many copies did Dog Duty sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 126 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–5k; $4k–$12k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before Steam's cut; from 126 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 Dog Duty and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dog Duty's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.0M–7.8M

best case 27.3M (The Forest)

Games like Dog Duty

A typical game among these

≈ 5.0M–7.8M copies

≈ $42.4M–$84.5M after Steam's cut

from ~142k 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: The Forest at ≈ 20.8M–33.7M copies, ≈ $114.2M–$306.9M 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 55k reviews in their first month; the range was 47k to 57k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share War (6 of 8) and FPS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Open World Survival Craft + Open World + Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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
Ravenfield 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.6M–$36.7M after Steam's cut $24.8M–$56.4M before Steam's cut	$17.99	80k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FPSWar
This War of Mine 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $30.1M–$81.0M after Steam's cut $54.8M–$124.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	98k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalWar
Squad 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.0M–9.8M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $66.5M–$178.7M after Steam's cut $120.8M–$274.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	244k reviews Very Positive	MilitaryRealistic
Heroes & Generals 2016	Est. copies ≈ 5.9M–9.6M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	142k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayWorld War II
Hell Let Loose 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $51.1M–$137.3M after Steam's cut $92.9M–$211.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	150k reviews Very Positive	ShooterRealistic
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.0M–$56.6M after Steam's cut $38.3M–$87.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	154k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SandboxSimulation
The Forest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.7M 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $114.2M–$306.9M after Steam's cut $207.5M–$472.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	683k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Insurgency 2014	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $28.8M–$77.3M after Steam's cut $52.3M–$119.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	125k reviews Very Positive	FPSRealistic