How much revenue did FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED make?

$896k–$2.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED sell?

Q: How many copies did FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED sell?

163k to 265k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 163k–265k; $896k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut; from 6k reviews (Mostly Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED and predicted how it would do from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 796k–1.4M

best case 2.9M (Persona 4 Golden)

Games like FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED

A typical game among these

≈ 796k–1.4M copies

≈ $10.4M–$15.1M after Steam's cut

from ~22k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 6 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Persona 4 Golden at ≈ 2.2M–3.5M copies, ≈ $12.0M–$32.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share JRPG (6 of 6) and Story Rich (6 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Story Rich, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, 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 70 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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OCTOPATH TRAVELER™ 2019	Est. copies ≈ 498k–809k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8.2M–$22.1M after Steam's cut $14.9M–$34.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	17k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II 2023	Est. copies ≈ 436k–708k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.3M after Steam's cut $13.1M–$29.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	18k reviews Very Positive	RPGTurn-Based
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster 2016	Est. copies ≈ 986k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.1M–$21.9M after Steam's cut $14.8M–$33.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	24k reviews Very Positive	JRPGTurn-Based Combat
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Persona 4 Golden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 4.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	88k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPGGreat Soundtrack
Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 934k–1.5M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	38k reviews Very Positive	RPGAdventure