How much revenue did DINO MERCS make?

$715–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DINO MERCS sell?

Q: How many copies did DINO MERCS sell?

372 to 605 copies, based on its 15 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 372–605; $715–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut; from 15 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 DINO MERCS out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DINO MERCS's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 226k–820k

best case 1.2M (Loop Hero)

Games like DINO MERCS

The middle of these games

≈ 226k–820k copies

≈ $2.0M–$6.2M after Steam's cut

from ~11k 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: Loop Hero at ≈ 905k–1.5M copies, ≈ $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1k to 17k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Card Game (5 of 8) and Rogue-like (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Tactical + Rogue-like, priced around $15.
The era: Only 1 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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