How much revenue did Dune Sea make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dune Sea sell?

Q: How many copies did Dune Sea sell?

691 to 1k copies, based on its 24 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 691–1k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before the cut; from 24 reviews (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 Dune Sea out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dune Sea's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–30k

best case 711k (Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024)

Games like Dune Sea

The middle of these games

≈ 14k–30k copies

≈ $109k–$117k after Steam's cut

from ~494 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 at ≈ 542k–880k copies, ≈ $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 212 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 101 to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Flight (8 of 8) and Exploration (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Flight, priced around $42.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 70 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
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 2024	Est. copies ≈ 542k–880k 44x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.1M before the cut	$69.99	22k reviews Mixed	SimulationFlight
Secrets of Rætikon 2014	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $76k–$204k after Steam's cut $138k–$314k before the cut	$9.99	494 reviews Mixed	IndieAdventure
Fugl 2017	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $61k–$163k after Steam's cut $110k–$251k before the cut	$9.99	643 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessFlight
AER Memories of Old 2017	Est. copies ≈ 265k–431k 16x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before the cut	$14.99	8k reviews Very Positive	AdventureExploration
Feather 2019	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $64k–$171k after Steam's cut $116k–$263k before the cut	$9.99	805 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationFlight
FPV SkyDive : FPV Drone Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 75k–122k 6.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	FlightExploration
InnerSpace 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $59k–$160k after Steam's cut $108k–$245k before the cut	$19.99	355 reviews Mixed	ExplorationAdventure
Lifeslide 2021	Est. copies ≈ 11k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $53k–$121k before the cut	$9.99	429 reviews Very Positive	IndieAdventure