How much revenue did Taiji make?

$254k–$682k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Taiji sell?

Q: How many copies did Taiji sell?

37k to 60k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 37k–60k; $254k–$682k after Steam's cut $461k–$1.0M before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Taiji and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Taiji's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 18k–459k

best case 1.2M (The Witness)

Games like Taiji

A typical game among these

≈ 18k–459k copies

≈ $47k–$4.7M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Witness at ≈ 900k–1.5M copies, ≈ $9.9M–$26.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 91 reviews in their first month; the range was 46 to 110.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (8 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Exploration, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Witness 2016	Est. copies ≈ 900k–1.5M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.9M–$26.6M after Steam's cut $18.0M–$40.9M before Steam's cut	$39.99	22k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleExploration
Antichamber 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleFirst-Person
Obduction 2016	Est. copies ≈ 166k–270k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
The Norwood Suite 2017	Est. copies ≈ 44k–72k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $122k–$329k after Steam's cut $222k–$505k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	First-PersonExploration
The Inheritance of Crimson Manor 2022	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $131k–$351k after Steam's cut $237k–$540k before Steam's cut	$19.99	958 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationPuzzle
The Heilwald Loophole 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before Steam's cut	$9.99	373 reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Ten Bells 2024	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before Steam's cut	$4.99	595 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Walking Simulator Psychological Horror
Chroma Zero 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $45k–$103k before Steam's cut	$9.99	366 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure