How much revenue did SteamWorld Dig make?

$1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SteamWorld Dig sell?

Q: How many copies did SteamWorld Dig sell?

695k to 1.1M copies, based on its 11k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 695k–1.1M; $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before the cut; from 11k 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 SteamWorld Dig out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SteamWorld Dig's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 118k–323k

best case 410k (SteamWorld Dig 2)

Games like SteamWorld Dig

The middle of these games

≈ 118k–323k copies

≈ $672k–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: SteamWorld Dig 2 at ≈ 312k–508k copies, ≈ $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 136 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 18 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Steampunk (6 of 8) and Platformer (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Platformer, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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 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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SteamWorld Dig 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 312k–508k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before the cut	$19.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureMetroidvania
Cursed Island 2021	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$8.99	21 reviews Positive	AdventureAction
The Howler 2014	Est. copies ≈ 117k–190k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Mostly Positive	IndieCasual
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Forgotton Anne 2018	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $343k–$922k after Steam's cut $623k–$1.4M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Story RichAtmospheric
Contrast 2013	Est. copies ≈ 360k–585k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $989k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before the cut	$9.99	6k reviews Very Positive	IndieFemale Protagonist
Teslagrad 2013	Est. copies ≈ 156k–254k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $430k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $781k–$1.8M before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Platformer Puzzle
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