How much revenue did Killer Dog make?

$327–$879 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Killer Dog sell?

Q: How many copies did Killer Dog sell?

298 to 484 copies, based on its 12 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 298–484; $327–$879 after Steam's cut $595–$1k before the cut; from 12 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 Killer Dog out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Killer Dog's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 177k–285k

best case 492k (Rogue Legacy 2)

Games like Killer Dog

The middle of these games

≈ 177k–285k copies

≈ $653k–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Rogue Legacy 2 at ≈ 375k–609k copies, ≈ $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 421 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Arcade (6 of 8) and Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Arcade + Metroidvania, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2023, 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 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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Rogue Legacy 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 375k–609k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	ArcadeMetroidvania
Exit the Gungeon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 93k–151k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $256k–$687k after Steam's cut $465k–$1.1M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	ArcadeAction
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