How much revenue did Darkest Dungeon® make?

An estimated 44.1M to 118.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Darkest Dungeon® sell?

Q: How many copies did Darkest Dungeon® sell?

An estimated 6.4M to 10.4M copies, based on its 160k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6.4M–10.4M; $44.1M–$118.5M net $80.1M–$182.3M gross; from 160k 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 Darkest Dungeon® out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Darkest Dungeon®'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 828k–1.4M

best case 1.4M (Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader)

The Dark Fantasy lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 1.2M copies.

A typical game

≈ 1.2M copies

≈ $11.7M after Steam's cut

from ~35k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.4M copies

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · ≈ $27.9M after Steam's cut

from 46k reviews

5 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 3 are too small to compare.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Character Customization + Cinematic, priced around $50.
None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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