How many copies did How Stories Die sell?

3k to 5k copies, based on its 121 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did How Stories Die make?

How Stories Die is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is How Stories Die?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 3k–5k; from 121 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 How Stories Die and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including How Stories Die's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 421k–774k

best case 778k (Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet)

Games like How Stories Die

A typical game among these

≈ 421k–774k copies

≈ $1.6M–$9.2M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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.

Best case: Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet at ≈ 593k–963k copies, ≈ $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Anime (7 of 8) and Story Rich (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Anime + Character Customization, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2021, 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 61 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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Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet 2018	Est. copies ≈ 593k–963k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Mostly Positive	AnimeRPG
Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For- 2016	Est. copies ≈ 343k–558k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $944k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAnime
BAD END THEATER 2021	Est. copies ≈ 250k–406k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $687k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Multiple EndingsVisual Novel
Tales of Berseria™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 651k–1.1M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut $16.3M–$37.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	19k reviews Very Positive	AnimeJRPG
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 384k–625k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.2M after Steam's cut $9.6M–$21.9M before Steam's cut	$49.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorJRPG
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小白兔电商~Bunny e-Shop 2021	Est. copies ≈ 254k–413k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $768k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$10.99	10k reviews Very Positive	CapitalismVisual Novel
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