How much revenue did Dread Nautical make?

An estimated 5k to 13k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dread Nautical sell?

Q: How many copies did Dread Nautical sell?

An estimated 871 to 1k copies, based on its 33 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 871–1k; $5k–$13k net $9k–$20k gross; from 33 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 Dread Nautical out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dread Nautical's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 549k–2.3M

best case 8.4M (Darkest Dungeon®)

The Difficult lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 983k copies.

A typical game

≈ 983k copies

≈ $5.4M after Steam's cut

from ~21k reviews

Best case

≈ 8.4M copies

Darkest Dungeon® · ≈ $81.3M after Steam's cut

from 160k reviews

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 Turn-Based Combat + Dark Fantasy, priced around $25.
The games you compared span 2015 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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