How much revenue did Dwarf Defense make?

$557–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Dwarf Defense sell?

Q: How many copies did Dwarf Defense sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 41 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $557–$1k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut; from 41 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 Dwarf Defense out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Dwarf Defense's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 358k–794k

best case 4.8M (Total War: WARHAMMER III)

Games like Dwarf Defense

The middle of these games

≈ 358k–794k copies

≈ $4.4M–$7.3M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Total War: WARHAMMER III at ≈ 3.7M–6.0M copies, ≈ $60.5M–$162.7M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Fantasy (6 of 8) and RTS (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Grand Strategy, priced around $60. The breakout hits carry Grand Strategy + War + Turn-Based Strategy; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2022, 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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Total War: WARHAMMER III 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $60.5M–$162.7M after Steam's cut $110.0M–$250.2M before the cut	$59.99	148k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Total War: WARHAMMER 2016	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $35.9M–$96.5M after Steam's cut $65.3M–$148.5M before the cut	$59.99	52k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyFantasy
Age of Wonders III 2014	Est. copies ≈ 717k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.9M after Steam's cut $10.8M–$24.5M before the cut	$29.99	13k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
Total War: WARHAMMER II 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.2M–6.8M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $68.9M–$185.3M after Steam's cut $125.3M–$285.1M before the cut	$59.99	121k reviews Very Positive	StrategyFantasy
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