How much revenue did Ancient Dino Runner make?

$646–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ancient Dino Runner sell?

Q: How many copies did Ancient Dino Runner sell?

471 to 766 copies, based on its 19 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 471–766; $646–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut; from 19 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 Ancient Dino Runner out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ancient Dino Runner's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 15k–29k

best case 104k (Dino Run DX)

Games like Ancient Dino Runner

The middle of these games

≈ 15k–29k copies

≈ $27k–$112k after Steam's cut

from ~438 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Dino Run DX at ≈ 79k–129k copies, ≈ $131k–$351k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 17 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4 to 384.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Racing (8 of 8) and Runner (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dinosaurs + Racing, priced around $6.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2022, 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Dino Run DX 2015	Est. copies ≈ 79k–129k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $131k–$351k after Steam's cut $238k–$540k before the cut	$5.99	2k reviews Very Positive	DinosaursPixel Graphics
Bauer 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	41 reviews Positive	ActionRacing
Switchcars 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before the cut	$8.99	467 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction
JumpJet Rex 2015	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $71k–$192k after Steam's cut $130k–$295k before the cut	$9.99	532 reviews Very Positive	Side Scroller2D Platformer
Summer Catchers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$120k before the cut	$8.99	408 reviews Very Positive	RunnerPixel Graphics
Jones On Fire 2015	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$40k before the cut	$2.99	240 reviews Mixed	RunnerCats
Speed Stars 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before the cut	$2.99	241 reviews Very Positive	SportsRacing
Ninja Ming: Novice Area 2021	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	29 reviews Positive	CasualAdventure