Ghost Ship Games has shared an annual recap for Deep Rock Galactic. The studio disclosed its hit co-op title’s sales and other metrics such as DAU and MAU.
According to a new post on Steam, Deep Rock Galactic has sold over 8 million copies across all platforms (PC, PS4/PS5, and Xbox Series X|S) since its initial launch in February 2018. A total of 2.56 million units were sold in 2023 alone.
Here is a brief recap of Deep Rock Galactic’s journey to the 8 million mark:
- The game surpassed 300k units sold on Steam in September 2018, seven months after its Early Access launch;
- In January 2021, Deep Rock Galactic hit 2 million copies sold, adding another million by November of the same year;
- By the end of 2022, it had surpassed 5.5 million units sold;
- In September 2023, Coffee Stain CEO Anton Westbergh said the title had sold 7 million units and brought in SEK 800 million ($71.8 million) in revenue.
In its 2023 recap, Ghost Ship Games also shared some other data about the game:
- Deep Rock Galactic reached 150.3k daily active users (DAU) on Steam alone, up 32% year-over-year;
- It surpassed 1 million monthly active users (MAU) on the platform, up 23% year-over-year;
- The game’s user base has almost tripled since 2019;
- Deep Rock Galactic reached 2.4 million followers on Steam (the 5th most followed game on the platform of all time!);
- In 2023, it also hit 597.6k members on Discord, 339k subscribers on Reddit, and 106k subscribers on YouTube;
- On average, Steam players spent over 46 hours in Deep Rock Galactic, and over 800k users played for more than 100 hours.
Deep Rock Galactic’s DAU on Steam over time
Deep Rock Galactic currently has an “Overwhelmingly Positive” rating on Steam, with 97% of more than 215k user reviews being positive. This makes it not only the best-reviewed title in Coffee Stain’s catalog, but also one of the top rated titles on the platform of all time (#43 according to SteamDB).
When looking at Cofee Stain’s publishing portfolio, Deep Rock Galactic ranks 2nd in revenue and units sold — right between Valheim (over 12 million copies, $152.6 million) and Satisfactory (over 5 million copies, $63 million).