How much revenue did Dreadhalls make?

$33k–$90k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dreadhalls sell?

Q: How many copies did Dreadhalls sell?

12k to 20k copies, based on its 353 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–20k; $33k–$90k after Steam's cut $61k–$138k before Steam's cut; from 353 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 Dreadhalls and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dreadhalls's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 7k–503k

best case 8.9M (Darkest Dungeon®)

Games like Dreadhalls

A typical game among these

≈ 7k–503k copies

≈ $41k–$4.9M after Steam's cut

from ~352 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Darkest Dungeon® at ≈ 6.8M–11.0M copies, ≈ $46.5M–$125.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 118 reviews in their first month; the range was 5 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dungeon Crawler (8 of 8) and Perma Death (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Dark Fantasy, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2023, 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 52 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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Darkest Dungeon® 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6.8M–11.0M 462x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.5M–$125.1M after Steam's cut $84.6M–$192.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	163k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based CombatDark Fantasy
Golden Krone Hotel 2017	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$133k before Steam's cut	$9.99	340 reviews Very Positive	Traditional RoguelikeTurn-Based
Darkest Dungeon® II 2023	Est. copies ≈ 671k–1.1M 77x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.9M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	27k reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based Tactics Dungeon Crawler
Lunacid 2023	Est. copies ≈ 287k–467k 33x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$13.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerDark Fantasy
Draft of Darkness 2023	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $37k–$100k after Steam's cut $68k–$154k before Steam's cut	$14.99	364 reviews Very Positive	Roguelike Deckbuilder Survival Horror
Living the Nightmare 2020	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $408–$1k after Steam's cut $742–$2k before Steam's cut	$2.99	20 reviews Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Skeletal Avenger 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$123k before Steam's cut	$16.99	256 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationAction Roguelike
Mine 2023	Est. copies ≈ 893–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $243–$654 after Steam's cut $442–$1k before Steam's cut	$0.99	36 reviews Mixed	Dungeon CrawlerHidden Object