How much revenue did Catch the dustling make?

$68–$183 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Catch the dustling sell?

Q: How many copies did Catch the dustling sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $68–$183 after Steam's cut $123–$281 before the cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Thin evidence: 5 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Catch the dustling out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Catch the dustling's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 213k–439k

best case 1.6M (Rogue Legacy)

Games like Catch the dustling

The middle of these games

≈ 213k–439k copies

≈ $1.0M–$4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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.

Best case: Rogue Legacy at ≈ 1.2M–1.9M copies, ≈ $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 977 to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Platformer (7 of 8) and Metroidvania (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguevania + Platformer, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2023, and none of them 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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Rogue Legacy 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 375k–609k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before the cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	ArcadeMetroidvania
Volgarr the Viking 2013	Est. copies ≈ 155k–252k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $426k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $775k–$1.8M before the cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerDifficult
Exit the Gungeon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 93k–151k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $256k–$687k after Steam's cut $465k–$1.1M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	ArcadeAction
You Have to Win the Game 2014	Est. copies ≈ 321k–521k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaFree to Play
Outland 2014	Est. copies ≈ 221k–359k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerAction
Rogue Legacy 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.2M after Steam's cut $8.9M–$20.3M before the cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	RoguevaniaPlatformer
Laika: Aged Through Blood 2023	Est. copies ≈ 165k–268k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $906k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericArcade
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜® 2014	Est. copies ≈ 238k–386k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $980k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before the cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Platformer Metroidvania