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How many copies did 10 Dead Doves sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 7k–11k
$46k–$122k after Steam's cut $83k–$188k before the cut
from 267 reviews (Very 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 10 Dead Doves out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 10 Dead Doves's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 452k–661k
best case 2.4M (What Remains of Edith Finch)
Games like 10 Dead Doves

The middle of these games

≈ 452k–661k copies

≈ $3.0M–$5.5M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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: What Remains of Edith Finch at ≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies, ≈ $10.0M–$26.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Story Rich (7 of 8) and Horror (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Story Rich + Exploration, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Exploration + Dark + Survival Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2013 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 79 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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