How much revenue did Dale Hardshovel HD make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dale Hardshovel HD sell?

Q: How many copies did Dale Hardshovel HD sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 40 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut; from 40 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 Dale Hardshovel HD out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dale Hardshovel HD's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 162k–652k

best case 1.2M (Peggle Deluxe)

Games like Dale Hardshovel HD

The middle of these games

≈ 162k–652k copies

≈ $563k–$2.3M 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.

6 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Peggle Deluxe at ≈ 908k–1.5M copies, ≈ $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 31 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 473.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Arcade (8 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Arcade, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2021, 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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Peggle Deluxe 2007	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before the cut	$4.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualPuzzle
PAC-MAN™ Championship Edition DX+ 2013	Est. copies ≈ 520k–844k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before the cut	$9.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ArcadeRetro
Zuma Deluxe 2006	Est. copies ≈ 429k–697k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $588k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before the cut	$4.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Match 3Puzzle
Duck Simulator 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 71k–115k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationAdventure
Zuma's Revenge! 2009	Est. copies ≈ 222k–361k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $305k–$820k after Steam's cut $555k–$1.3M before the cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	CasualAction
PePiBo: Peregrino Pinata Bowling 2021	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $163–$440 after Steam's cut $296–$677 before the cut	$7.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	CasualSports
Progressbar95 2020	Est. copies ≈ 90k–147k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $124k–$333k after Steam's cut $225k–$513k before the cut	$4.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CasualArcade
Candy gun 2021	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $340–$918 after Steam's cut $619–$1k before the cut	$9.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Turn-Based TacticsMatch 3