How much revenue did Drop Duchy make?

$329k–$885k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Drop Duchy sell?

Q: How many copies did Drop Duchy sell?

80k to 130k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 80k–130k; $329k–$885k after Steam's cut $598k–$1.4M before the cut; from 3k 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 Drop Duchy out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Drop Duchy's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 186k–227k

best case 4.8M (Inscryption)

Games like Drop Duchy

The middle of these games

≈ 186k–227k copies

≈ $978k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Inscryption at ≈ 3.7M–6.0M copies, ≈ $20.2M–$54.3M 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 6k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 4k to 20k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (5 of 8) and Rogue-lite (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Turn-Based Tactics, priced around $17. The breakout hits carry Rogue-like + Deckbuilding + Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Legend of Bum-Bo 2019	Est. copies ≈ 171k–278k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $704k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before the cut	$14.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Rogue-liteIndie
10,000,000 2013	Est. copies ≈ 150k–243k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $205k–$552k after Steam's cut $374k–$850k before the cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Match 3Indie
Into the Breach 2018	Est. copies ≈ 676k–1.1M 5.5x 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
Nubby's Number Factory 2025	Est. copies ≈ 482k–784k 4.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $662k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$4.99	19k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRogue-like
Duskers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 116k–189k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $639k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.6M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationTyping
Inscryption 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 37x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.2M–$54.3M after Steam's cut $36.7M–$83.5M before the cut	$19.99	148k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card BattlerCard Game
Niche - a genetics survival game 2017	Est. copies ≈ 180k–292k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $890k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut	$17.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Turn-Based StrategyAdventure
Blue Prince 2025	Est. copies ≈ 492k–800k 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.1M–$10.9M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.8M before the cut	$29.99	20k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleExploration