How much revenue did Dwarf Defense make?

$557–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dwarf Defense sell?

Q: How many copies did Dwarf Defense sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 41 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $557–$1k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut; from 41 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 Dwarf Defense and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dwarf Defense's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 359k–794k

best case 4.9M (Total War: WARHAMMER III)

Games like Dwarf Defense

A typical game among these

≈ 359k–794k copies

≈ $4.4M–$7.4M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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: Total War: WARHAMMER III at ≈ 3.7M–6.0M copies, ≈ $61.3M–$164.8M 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 Fantasy (6 of 8) and RTS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Grand Strategy, priced around $60. The breakout hits carry Grand Strategy + War + Turn-Based Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2022, 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 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

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Total War: WARHAMMER III 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $61.3M–$164.8M after Steam's cut $111.4M–$253.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	150k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Total War: WARHAMMER 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $35.9M–$96.6M after Steam's cut $65.3M–$148.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	52k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFantasy
Age of Wonders III 2014	Est. copies ≈ 745k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Total War: WARHAMMER II 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $68.9M–$185.3M after Steam's cut $125.3M–$285.1M before Steam's cut	$59.99	121k reviews Very Positive	StrategyFantasy
LEGO® The Hobbit™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 598k–972k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	LEGOAdventure
Lord of the Rings: War in the North 2011	Est. copies ≈ 605k–984k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Very Positive	RPGAction
Regions Of Ruin 2018	Est. copies ≈ 141k–230k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $466k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $848k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$11.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RPGAdventure
SpellForce 3 Reforced 2017	Est. copies ≈ 274k–445k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	8k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGStrategy