How much revenue did Digs TD make?

$14k–$39k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Digs TD sell?

Q: How many copies did Digs TD sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 106 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $14k–$39k after Steam's cut $26k–$60k before the cut; from 106 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 Digs TD out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Digs TD's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–90k

best case 1.3M (Craft The World)

Games like Digs TD

The middle of these games

≈ 9k–90k copies

≈ $7k–$391k after Steam's cut

from ~696 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Craft The World at ≈ 955k–1.6M copies, ≈ $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Dwarf (8 of 8) and Tower Defense (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dwarf + Colony Sim, priced around $19.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 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 79 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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Dwarfs!? 2011	Est. copies ≈ 68k–111k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $188k–$505k after Steam's cut $342k–$777k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Craft The World 2014	Est. copies ≈ 955k–1.6M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.0M–$13.4M after Steam's cut $9.1M–$20.6M before the cut	$18.99	17k reviews Very Positive	DwarfColony Sim
Dwarf Tower 2014	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$18k before the cut	$0.99	279 reviews Mostly Positive	DwarfIndie
Aurora Dusk: Steam Age 2019	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $25k–$66k after Steam's cut $45k–$101k before the cut	$9.99	310 reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
Gnomes 2025	Est. copies ≈ 45k–73k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $123k–$331k after Steam's cut $224k–$510k before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Tower DefenseTurn-Based
We Are The Dwarves 2016	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $284k–$765k after Steam's cut $517k–$1.2M before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mixed	IndieAdventure
Mostly Intense Monster Defense 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut	$4.99	67 reviews Very Positive	DwarfTower Defense
Dwarf Defense 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $557–$1k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut	$1.99	41 reviews Mixed	DwarfStrategy