How much revenue did Dead Profit make?

$223–$599 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dead Profit sell?

Q: How many copies did Dead Profit sell?

595 to 967 copies, based on its 24 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 595–967; $223–$599 after Steam's cut $405–$921 before the cut; from 24 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 Dead Profit out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dead Profit's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–8k

best case 72k (Orb of Creation)

Games like Dead Profit

The middle of these games

≈ 1k–8k copies

≈ $2k–$14k after Steam's cut

from ~75 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: Orb of Creation at ≈ 55k–89k copies, ≈ $181k–$486k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 27 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 2k.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (8 of 8) and Idler (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Magic + Resource Management, priced around $12.
The era: 5 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 36 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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Suika Idle 2025	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $61–$164 after Steam's cut $111–$253 before the cut	$2.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	CasualCity Builder
Idle Trillionaire 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$5.00	41 reviews Positive	CasualSimulation
Plantabi: Little Garden 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before the cut	$6.99	83 reviews Very Positive	Simulation Farming Sim
Creature Card Idle 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	173 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualIdler
Orb of Creation 2026	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k 30x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $181k–$486k after Steam's cut $329k–$748k before the cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MagicCasual
The Billion Clicker 2022	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $446–$1k after Steam's cut $810–$2k before the cut	$0.99	66 reviews Mostly Positive	ClickerIdler
Asteroid Core 2024	Est. copies ≈ 967–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut	$9.99	39 reviews Mixed	ClickerIdler
Treasure Chest Clicker 2023	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $21k–$47k before the cut	$3.99	416 reviews Very Positive	ClickerIdler