How much revenue did Russian Subway Dogs make?

$34k–$92k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Russian Subway Dogs sell?

Q: How many copies did Russian Subway Dogs sell?

8k to 14k copies, based on its 274 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 8k–14k; $34k–$92k after Steam's cut $62k–$142k before the cut; from 274 reviews (Very 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 Russian Subway Dogs out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Russian Subway Dogs's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 505–77k

best case 163k (Calico)

Games like Russian Subway Dogs

The middle of these games

≈ 505–77k copies

≈ $2k–$973k after Steam's cut

from ~125 reviews

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

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Calico at ≈ 125k–202k copies, ≈ $411k–$1.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 45 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 736.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Cats (5 of 8) and Dog (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cats + LGBTQ+, priced around $12.
The era: Only 2 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Calico 2020	Est. copies ≈ 125k–202k 40x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $411k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $747k–$1.7M before the cut	$11.99	5k reviews Very Positive	CuteCasual
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 44k–71k 14x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $603k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$49.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Action2D Fighter
Neko Ghost, Jump! Prologue 2020	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	19 reviews Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerScore Attack
BARK 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before the cut	$9.99	49 reviews Positive	ActionHand-drawn
Animal Shelter 2022	Est. copies ≈ 103k–167k 33x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $566k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before the cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	DogLife Sim
Kitty Ball 2022	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	201 reviews Very Positive	IndieMultiplayer
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Animal Pattern 2025	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 before the cut	$4.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	CasualPoint & Click