How much revenue did Nothing DOG make?

$515–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nothing DOG sell?

Q: How many copies did Nothing DOG sell?

942 to 2k copies, based on its 38 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 942–2k; $515–$1k after Steam's cut $937–$2k before the cut; from 38 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 Nothing DOG out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nothing DOG's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–50k

best case 391k (TOEM: A Photo Adventure)

Games like Nothing DOG

The middle of these games

≈ 17k–50k copies

≈ $102k–$312k after Steam's cut

from ~676 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Exploration (4 of 8), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: TOEM: A Photo Adventure at ≈ 298k–485k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 307 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 48 to 557.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Exploration (4 of 8) and Wholesome (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cozy + Wholesome, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2019 to 2025, and 3 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 36 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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TOEM: A Photo Adventure 2021	Est. copies ≈ 298k–485k 18x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before the cut	$19.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CozyWholesome
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees 2022	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $51k–$137k after Steam's cut $92k–$210k before the cut	$12.99	574 reviews Very Positive	Story RichAdventure
Songbird Symphony 2019	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $93k–$249k after Steam's cut $169k–$383k before the cut	$16.99	689 reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaSide Scroller
Recollection 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut	$1.99	133 reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericNature
Locomoto 2025	Est. copies ≈ 16k–27k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $113k–$304k after Steam's cut $205k–$467k before the cut	$24.99	663 reviews Very Positive	CozyCharacter Customization
Meg's Monster 2023	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $135k–$362k after Steam's cut $245k–$556k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndiePixel Graphics
Hauntii 2024	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $57k–$153k after Steam's cut $103k–$235k before the cut	$19.99	417 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationCute
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