How much revenue did Doll Explorer make?

$7k–$19k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Doll Explorer sell?

Q: How many copies did Doll Explorer sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 104 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $7k–$19k after Steam's cut $13k–$29k before the cut; from 104 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 Doll Explorer out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Doll Explorer's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 20k–35k

best case 887k (Into the Breach)

Games like Doll Explorer

The middle of these games

≈ 20k–35k copies

≈ $85k–$322k after Steam's cut

from ~652 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Into the Breach at ≈ 676k–1.1M copies, ≈ $2.8M–$7.5M 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 320 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 78 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rogue-lite (6 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Turn-Based Tactics, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Mechs + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

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Into the Breach 2018	Est. copies ≈ 676k–1.1M 34x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.5M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.5M before the cut	$14.99	22k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Drop Duchy 2025	Est. copies ≈ 80k–130k 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $329k–$885k after Steam's cut $598k–$1.4M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleStrategy
The Ouroboros King 2023	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $39k–$104k after Steam's cut $71k–$161k before the cut	$9.99	570 reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based Tactics Rogue-lite
Pawnbarian 2021	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $61k–$164k after Steam's cut $111k–$253k before the cut	$9.99	897 reviews Very Positive	Rogue-likeTurn-Based Combat
Morphblade 2017	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $27k–$74k after Steam's cut $50k–$113k before the cut	$4.99	581 reviews Very Positive	CasualIndie
Oaken 2023	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $53k–$143k after Steam's cut $97k–$220k before the cut	$19.99	390 reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based TacticsCard Battler
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind 2023	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $89k–$239k after Steam's cut $162k–$368k before the cut	$19.99	652 reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-BasedRogue-like
Rogue Waters 2024	Est. copies ≈ 32k–51k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $261k–$701k after Steam's cut $474k–$1.1M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics