How much revenue did The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 make?

An estimated 127k to 343k net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 sell?

An estimated 116k to 189k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 116k–189k; $127k–$343k net $232k–$527k gross; from 2k 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 The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6.7M–7.7M

best case 24.8M (Hollow Knight)

The Singleplayer lane

A big, proven genre, though hit-driven: most sell around 7.0M copies, while a few break out far above.

A typical game

≈ 7.0M copies

≈ $54.6M after Steam's cut

from ~207k reviews

Best case

≈ 24.8M copies

Hollow Knight · ≈ $143.8M after Steam's cut

from 550k reviews

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

4 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is a breakout hit far above it, and 3 are too small to compare.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Souls-like, priced around $15.
The breakout hits carry Metroidvania + Souls-like + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
The games you compared span 2017 to 2023, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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