How much revenue did Deadliest Catch: The Game make?

$222k–$597k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Deadliest Catch: The Game sell?

Q: How many copies did Deadliest Catch: The Game sell?

40k to 66k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 40k–66k; $222k–$597k after Steam's cut $404k–$919k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Deadliest Catch: The Game and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Deadliest Catch: The Game's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–2.7M

best case 3.0M (Russian Fishing 4)

Games like Deadliest Catch: The Game

A typical game among these

≈ 1.9M–2.7M copies

≈ $15.9M–$23.6M after Steam's cut

from ~43k 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: Russian Fishing 4 at ≈ 2.3M–3.7M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (7 of 8) and Open World (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Fishing + Simulation.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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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Fishing Planet 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.3M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	78k reviews Very Positive	FishingFree to Play
DREDGE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $15.6M–$41.9M after Steam's cut $28.4M–$64.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	57k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationFishing
Russian Fishing 4 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	91k reviews Mixed	FishingMultiplayer
Ultimate Fishing Simulator® 2018	Est. copies ≈ 279k–453k too small to compare SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	3DAmerica
Feed and Grow: Fish 2016	Est. copies ≈ 906k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.8M–$15.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	22k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationUnderwater
Train Sim World® 2020 2017	Est. copies ≈ 240k–391k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $859k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.2M–$27.5M after Steam's cut $18.6M–$42.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	27k reviews Very Positive	FlightSimulation
Train Simulator Classic 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$31.9M after Steam's cut $21.6M–$49.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	29k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationTrains