How much revenue did Draconia make?

$130k–$351k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Draconia sell?

Q: How many copies did Draconia sell?

24k to 39k copies, based on its 957 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–39k; $130k–$351k after Steam's cut $237k–$540k before the cut; from 957 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 53k–127k

best case 2.3M (Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation)

Games like Draconia

The middle of these games

≈ 53k–127k copies

≈ $376k–$565k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation at ≈ 1.7M–2.8M copies, ≈ $11.8M–$31.8M 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 652 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 290 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (8 of 8) and Gore (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Gore, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Lobotomy Corporation \| Monster Management Simulation 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 34x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.8M–$31.8M after Steam's cut $21.5M–$49.0M before the cut	$24.99	57k reviews Very Positive	ManagementDifficult
Crime Scene Cleaner 2024	Est. copies ≈ 846k–1.4M 21x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.0M–$18.8M after Steam's cut $12.7M–$28.9M before the cut	$29.99	34k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationCrime
Autopsy Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $275k–$740k after Steam's cut $500k–$1.1M before the cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mixed	SimulationIndie
Tales Of Glory 2020	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $223k–$599k after Steam's cut $405k–$921k before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Very Positive	ActionVR
Time of Dragons 2016	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mixed	DragonsFree to Play
Welcome to the Game 2016	Est. copies ≈ 108k–175k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $148k–$398k after Steam's cut $269k–$612k before the cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	HorrorHacking
Viscera Cleanup Detail 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 14x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.1M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.1M before the cut	$12.99	24k reviews Very Positive	SimulationGore
Just Die Already 2021	Est. copies ≈ 97k–157k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $399k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $725k–$1.7M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldMultiplayer