How many copies did Dogfight Elite sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 76 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Dogfight Elite make?

Dogfight Elite is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Dogfight Elite?

Estimated owners: ≈ 2k–3k; from 76 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 Dogfight Elite out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dogfight Elite's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 22k–49k

best case 351k (Nuclear Option)

Games like Dogfight Elite

The middle of these games

≈ 22k–49k copies

≈ $96k–$384k after Steam's cut

from ~702 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Nuclear Option at ≈ 268k–435k copies, ≈ $1.5M–$4.0M 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 318 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 135 to 601.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Flight (8 of 8) and Simulation (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Flight + Simulation, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry VR + Historical + Combat; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2006 to 2024, and 1 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
Fleet Command 2006	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $208k–$561k after Steam's cut $379k–$862k before the cut	$24.99	480 reviews Very Positive	WargameRTS
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad 2014	Est. copies ≈ 555k–902k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $7.6M–$20.5M after Steam's cut $13.9M–$31.6M before the cut	$49.99	10k reviews Mostly Positive	FlightRealistic
Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight 2019	Est. copies ≈ 51k–84k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayFlight
Nuclear Option 2023	Est. copies ≈ 268k–435k 15x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before the cut	$19.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessFlight
Falcon 4.0 2016	Est. copies ≈ 13k–20k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $94k–$215k before the cut	$14.99	303 reviews Very Positive	SimulationFlight
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China 2017	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $131k–$352k after Steam's cut $238k–$541k before the cut	$14.99	923 reviews Mostly Positive	FlightWorld War II
Tiny Combat Arena 2022	Est. copies ≈ 39k–64k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $215k–$579k after Steam's cut $391k–$890k before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessSimulation
B-17 Flying Fortress : The Mighty 8th Redux 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–14k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $35k–$93k after Steam's cut $63k–$143k before the cut	$14.99	339 reviews Mixed	ActionSimulation