How much revenue did Dustwind make?

$82k–$220k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dustwind sell?

Q: How many copies did Dustwind sell?

12k to 19k copies, based on its 391 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–19k; $82k–$220k after Steam's cut $149k–$338k before the cut; from 391 reviews (Mostly Positive)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–76k

best case 398k (The Flame in the Flood)

Games like Dustwind

The middle of these games

≈ 10k–76k copies

≈ $42k–$389k after Steam's cut

from ~750 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.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Female Protagonist (2 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: The Flame in the Flood at ≈ 304k–493k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 170 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 78 to 278.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Female Protagonist (2 of 8) and Point & Click (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Survival + Action Roguelike, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 2 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).

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Wasteland Angel 2011	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $28k–$75k after Steam's cut $50k–$115k before the cut	$4.99	320 reviews Mixed	Arena ShooterBullet Hell
Alien Shooter 2 - The Legend 2020	Est. copies ≈ 29k–47k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $119k–$321k after Steam's cut $217k–$493k before the cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mixed	Action RPGShooter
The Flame in the Flood 2016	Est. copies ≈ 304k–493k 9.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before the cut	$14.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	SurvivalAdventure
CAYNE 2017	Est. copies ≈ 66k–107k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayAdventure
Outbreak 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before the cut	$9.99	130 reviews Mixed	Survival HorrorThird-Person Shooter
UNSIGHTED 2021	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $303k–$814k after Steam's cut $550k–$1.3M before the cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Rauniot 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$48k after Steam's cut $33k–$74k before the cut	$14.99	175 reviews Very Positive	AdventureIndie
Wantless : Solace at World’s End 2024	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41k–$110k after Steam's cut $74k–$169k before the cut	$17.99	333 reviews Very Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics