How much revenue did Dwarflings make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dwarflings sell?

Q: How many copies did Dwarflings sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 62 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut; from 62 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 Dwarflings out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dwarflings's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–17k

best case 82k (Timelie)

Games like Dwarflings

The middle of these games

≈ 2k–17k copies

≈ $1k–$115k after Steam's cut

from ~243 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Timelie at ≈ 63k–102k copies, ≈ $310k–$835k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 528 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Puzzle (6 of 8) and Puzzle-Platformer (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle-Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $18.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 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 61 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
HUMANITY 2023	Est. copies ≈ 13k–21k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $104k–$280k after Steam's cut $189k–$431k before the cut	$29.99	509 reviews Very Positive	PuzzlePuzzle-Platformer
Underland 2021	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$10k before the cut	$1.99	173 reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerDestruction
Ball at Work: The Ultimate Speedrun Platformer! 2020	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	420 reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPrecision Platformer
Underland: The Climb 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$1.99	85 reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerDestruction
Timelie 2020	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k 10x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $310k–$835k after Steam's cut $564k–$1.3M before the cut	$17.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
Bunny Mania 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 206–335 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $283–$761 after Steam's cut $514–$1k before the cut	$4.99	6 reviews 6 user reviews	CasualStrategy
Bomb The Monsters! 2015	Est. copies ≈ 15k–25k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $21k–$56k after Steam's cut $38k–$86k before the cut	$4.99	312 reviews Mostly Positive	CasualAdventure
Kells 2021	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $122–$330 after Steam's cut $222–$507 before the cut	$5.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	LemmingsPuzzle