How much revenue did Dustwind make?

$82k–$220k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dustwind sell?

Q: How many copies did Dustwind sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 392 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $82k–$220k after Steam's cut $149k–$339k before Steam's cut; from 392 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 Dustwind and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dustwind's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–76k

best case 399k (The Flame in the Flood)

Games like Dustwind

A typical game among these

≈ 10k–76k copies

≈ $42k–$392k after Steam's cut

from ~753 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Female Protagonist (2 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: The Flame in the Flood at ≈ 304k–494k 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 170 reviews in their first month; the range was 78 to 277.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Female Protagonist (2 of 8) and Point & Click (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Action Roguelike, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2024, and 2 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
Wasteland Angel 2011	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $50k–$115k before Steam's cut	$4.99	320 reviews Mixed	Arena ShooterBullet Hell
Alien Shooter 2 - The Legend 2020	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $120k–$322k after Steam's cut $217k–$495k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mixed	Action RPGShooter
The Flame in the Flood 2016	Est. copies ≈ 304k–494k 9.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAdventure
CAYNE 2017	Est. copies ≈ 66k–108k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayAdventure
Outbreak 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut	$9.99	130 reviews Mixed	Survival HorrorThird-Person Shooter
UNSIGHTED 2021	Est. copies ≈ 56k–90k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $305k–$821k after Steam's cut $555k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Rauniot 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$49k after Steam's cut $33k–$75k before Steam's cut	$14.99	177 reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Wantless : Solace at World’s End 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41k–$111k after Steam's cut $75k–$170k before Steam's cut	$17.99	335 reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics