How much revenue did Desktop Dungeons make?

$241k–$648k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Desktop Dungeons sell?

Q: How many copies did Desktop Dungeons sell?

58k to 95k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 58k–95k; $241k–$648k after Steam's cut $438k–$997k before the cut; from 2k 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 Desktop Dungeons out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Desktop Dungeons's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–1.7M

best case 8.2M (Slay the Spire)

Games like Desktop Dungeons

The middle of these games

≈ 1.2M–1.7M copies

≈ $6.0M–$13.5M after Steam's cut

from ~30k 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: Slay the Spire at ≈ 6.3M–10.2M copies, ≈ $43.1M–$116.0M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Rogue-like (6 of 8) and Turn-Based (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Rogue-like, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Roguelike Deckbuilder + Deckbuilding + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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 70 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
Darkest Dungeon® 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6.7M–10.9M 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.2M–$124.2M after Steam's cut $84.0M–$191.0M before the cut	$24.99	162k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based CombatDark Fantasy
Stoneshard 2020	Est. copies ≈ 880k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.3M after Steam's cut $11.0M–$25.0M before the cut	$24.99	35k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGRogue-like
For The King 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $7.3M–$19.6M after Steam's cut $13.3M–$30.2M before the cut	$19.99	44k reviews Very Positive	RPGOnline Co-Op
Slay the Spire 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.3M–10.2M 7.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $43.1M–$116.0M after Steam's cut $78.4M–$178.5M before the cut	$24.99	218k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderCard Game
Into the Breach 2018	Est. copies ≈ 676k–1.1M 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
Balatro 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M 6.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.2M–$54.4M after Steam's cut $36.8M–$83.7M before the cut	$14.99	198k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card GameRoguelike Deckbuilder
Battle Brothers 2017	Est. copies ≈ 986k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.1M–$21.9M after Steam's cut $14.8M–$33.6M before the cut	$29.99	29k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
100% Orange Juice 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.4M before the cut	$6.99	30k reviews Very Positive	AnimeBoard Game