How much revenue did BOOK OF HOURS make?

$764k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BOOK OF HOURS sell?

Q: How many copies did BOOK OF HOURS sell?

111k to 181k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 111k–181k; $764k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut; from 4k reviews (Very 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 BOOK OF HOURS and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BOOK OF HOURS's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 52k–442k

best case 1.2M (Against the Storm)

Games like BOOK OF HOURS

A typical game among these

≈ 52k–442k copies

≈ $302k–$2.4M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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 8 of the similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Card Game (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Against the Storm at ≈ 934k–1.5M copies, ≈ $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 326 to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Card Game (4 of 8) and Board Game (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with City Builder + Simulation, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2025, and 2 of the 8 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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觅长生 2023	Est. copies ≈ 797k–1.3M 9.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	32k reviews Very Positive	RPGOpen World
Against the Storm 2023	Est. copies ≈ 934k–1.5M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.9M before Steam's cut	$29.99	38k reviews Very Positive	StrategyCity Builder
Breachway 2024	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $208k–$559k after Steam's cut $378k–$859k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessStrategy
Faerie Solitaire 2010	Est. copies ≈ 160k–259k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $658k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	SolitaireCasual
Munchkin Digital 2023	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $164k–$441k after Steam's cut $298k–$679k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	DragonsFunny
Legend Creatures(传奇生物) 2020	Est. copies ≈ 98k–159k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $134k–$361k after Steam's cut $244k–$556k before Steam's cut	$4.99	4k reviews Very Positive	ExplorationIndie
Foretales 2022	Est. copies ≈ 30k–48k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $162k–$437k after Steam's cut $295k–$672k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Card GameStory Rich
Matchmaking Inc. 2025	Est. copies ≈ 183k–298k 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $453k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $824k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$8.99	7k reviews Very Positive	CasualDating Sim