How much revenue did Desktop Kanojo make?

$33k–$89k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Desktop Kanojo sell?

Q: How many copies did Desktop Kanojo sell?

40k to 66k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 40k–66k; $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $61k–$138k before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Desktop Kanojo and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Desktop Kanojo's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.2M–5.0M

best case 40.7M (Wallpaper Engine)

Games like Desktop Kanojo

A typical game among these

≈ 1.2M–5.0M copies

≈ $10.8M–$32.9M after Steam's cut

from ~66k 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: Wallpaper Engine at ≈ 31.0M–50.3M copies, ≈ $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Software (6 of 8) and Design & Illustration (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2020, 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 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
Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 31.0M–50.3M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut $77.3M–$175.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities
Soundpad 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	105k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	UtilitiesAudio Production
Source Filmmaker 2012	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	44k reviews Very Positive	Animation & ModelingFree to Play
Blender 2015	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Animation & ModelingSoftware
Virtual Cottage 2020	Est. copies ≈ 275k–448k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CozyRelaxing
Aseprite 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsDesign & Illustration
SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
RPG Maker MV 2015	Est. copies ≈ 437k–711k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $9.6M–$25.9M after Steam's cut $17.5M–$39.8M before Steam's cut	$79.99	9k reviews Very Positive	RPGRPGMaker