How much revenue did Desktop Magic Engine make?

An estimated 23k to 62k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Desktop Magic Engine sell?

Q: How many copies did Desktop Magic Engine sell?

An estimated 21k to 34k copies, based on its 794 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 21k–34k; $23k–$62k net $42k–$95k gross; from 794 reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Desktop Magic Engine out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Desktop Magic Engine's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 450k–2.1M

best case 39.9M (Wallpaper Engine)

The Utilities lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 696k copies, with a few that break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 696k copies

≈ $4.6M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

Best case

≈ 39.9M copies

Wallpaper Engine · ≈ $76.9M after Steam's cut

from 1000k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
The breakout hits carry Mature + Anime + First-Person; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2006 to 2024, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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