How much revenue did DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT make?

$8.0M–$21.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT sell?

Q: How many copies did DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT sell?

1.4M to 2.4M copies, based on its 58k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.4M–2.4M; $8.0M–$21.4M after Steam's cut $14.5M–$32.9M before Steam's cut; from 58k 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 DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT and predicted how it would do from its 5 similar games. Every figure here, including DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.9M–7.9M

best case 16.0M (Palworld)

Games like DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT

A typical game among these

≈ 6.9M–7.9M copies

≈ $105.0M–$119.4M after Steam's cut

from ~143k 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 5 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Palworld at ≈ 12.2M–19.8M copies, ≈ $100.5M–$270.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (3 of 5) and Third Person (3 of 5).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Survival, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Survival + Creature Collector + Open World Survival Craft; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 1 of the 5 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 61 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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Palworld 2026	Est. copies ≈ 12.2M–19.8M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $100.5M–$270.1M after Steam's cut $182.7M–$415.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	491k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $71.3M–$191.8M after Steam's cut $129.7M–$295.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	133k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy
SMITE® 2015	Est. copies ≈ 5.9M–9.5M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	120k reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayMOBA
NieR:Automata™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $58.2M–$156.5M after Steam's cut $105.8M–$240.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	154k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5.1M–8.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $55.6M–$149.5M after Steam's cut $101.1M–$230.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	176k reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventureSouls-like