How many copies did Left on Read sell?

138k to 225k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Left on Read make?

Left on Read is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Left on Read?

Estimated owners: ≈ 138k–225k; from 5k reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Left on Read out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Left on Read's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 720k–1.0M

best case 6.8M (The Sims™ 4)

The Romance genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 720k–1.0M copies

≈ $1.6M–$3.1M after Steam's cut

from ~17k reviews

Best case

≈ 5.2M–8.5M copies

The Sims™ 4

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Romance (3 of 8) and Simulation (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation. The breakout hits carry Simulation + Life Sim + Character Customization; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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