How much revenue did Lihue make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Lihue sell?

Q: How many copies did Lihue sell?

372 to 605 copies, based on its 15 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 372–605; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 15 reviews (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 Lihue and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lihue's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 19k–52k

best case 907k (Garfield Kart)

Games like Lihue

A typical game among these

≈ 19k–52k copies

≈ $136k–$404k after Steam's cut

from ~718 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Psychedelic (3 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: Garfield Kart at ≈ 691k–1.1M copies, ≈ $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 216 reviews in their first month; the range was 16 to 762.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Psychedelic (3 of 8) and First-Person (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cult Classic + Combat Racing, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Cult Classic + Combat Racing + Competitive; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 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 70 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
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M 20x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicCombat Racing
Paw Patrol: On A Roll! 2018	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $120k–$322k after Steam's cut $217k–$495k before Steam's cut	$29.99	477 reviews Very Positive	Family FriendlyPlatformer
MY LITTLE PONY: A Maretime Bay Adventure 2022	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $249k–$670k after Steam's cut $453k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	914 reviews Very Positive	Adventure3D Platformer
VEGAS Pro 14 Edit Steam Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Video ProductionSoftware
The Endless Empty 2018	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $19k–$44k before Steam's cut	$3.99	320 reviews Very Positive	RPGIndie
Mediterranea Inferno 2023	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $59k–$157k after Steam's cut $107k–$242k before Steam's cut	$14.99	573 reviews Very Positive	LGBTQ+Choose Your Own Adventure
Great God Grove 2024	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $214k–$574k after Steam's cut $388k–$884k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey 2014	Est. copies ≈ 40k–65k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $221k–$594k after Steam's cut $402k–$914k before Steam's cut	$19.99	718 reviews Very Positive	AdventureFemale Protagonist