How much revenue did DeadOS make?

$15k–$40k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DeadOS sell?

Q: How many copies did DeadOS sell?

5k to 7k copies, based on its 182 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–7k; $15k–$40k after Steam's cut $27k–$62k before the cut; from 182 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 DeadOS out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DeadOS's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31k–107k

best case 3.6M (Plague Inc: Evolved)

Games like DeadOS

The middle of these games

≈ 31k–107k copies

≈ $175k–$567k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Plague Inc: Evolved at ≈ 2.7M–4.4M copies, ≈ $11.2M–$30.2M 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 562 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 214 to 25k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Simulation (5 of 8) and Survival (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Zombies, priced around $22. The breakout hits carry Multiplayer + Zombies + Early Access; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2026, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Plague Inc: Evolved 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.7M–4.4M 53x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.2M–$30.2M after Steam's cut $20.4M–$46.5M before the cut	$14.99	66k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Rise of Gun 2024	Est. copies ≈ 28k–46k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $101k–$270k after Steam's cut $183k–$416k before the cut	$12.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Life SimSimulation
No More Room in Hell 2 2026	Est. copies ≈ 611k–993k 20x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.6M after Steam's cut $9.2M–$20.8M before the cut	$29.99	25k reviews Mixed	Early AccessZombies
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville 2015	Est. copies ≈ 100k–162k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $412k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $749k–$1.7M before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Colony Sim Survival
Bio Inc. Redemption 2018	Est. copies ≈ 98k–158k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $348k–$937k after Steam's cut $633k–$1.4M before the cut	$12.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Medical SimOutbreak Sim
Tin Can 2022	Est. copies ≈ 34k–55k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $185k–$497k after Steam's cut $336k–$765k before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SimulationSpace
Perfect Heist 2018	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $22k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$90k before the cut	$4.99	520 reviews Mostly Positive	MultiplayerAction
Deisim 2022	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $93k–$250k after Steam's cut $169k–$384k before the cut	$14.99	909 reviews Very Positive	God GameSandbox