How much revenue did Rain City make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rain City sell?

Q: How many copies did Rain City sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 151 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$17k before Steam's cut; from 151 reviews (Mixed)

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 Rain City and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rain City's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 373k–592k

best case 941k (Gorogoa)

Games like Rain City

A typical game among these

≈ 373k–592k copies

≈ $2.7M–$5.1M after Steam's cut

from ~13k 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: Gorogoa at ≈ 717k–1.2M copies, ≈ $3.0M–$7.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 75 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (8 of 8) and Investigation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Hand-drawn, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 3 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
Hidden Folks 2017	Est. copies ≈ 329k–534k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Hidden ObjectCasual
The Roottrees are Dead 2025	Est. copies ≈ 253k–411k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MysteryPuzzle
Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse 2013	Est. copies ≈ 179k–291k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	1990'sFemale Protagonist
Blue Prince 2025	Est. copies ≈ 501k–814k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.1M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	20k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleExploration
Strange Horticulture 2022	Est. copies ≈ 401k–652k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before Steam's cut	$15.99	16k reviews Very Positive	MysteryPuzzle
Enigma of Fear 2024	Est. copies ≈ 257k–417k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MysteryInvestigation
Escape Room - Der kranke Kollege 2020	Est. copies ≈ 312k–507k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerFree to Play
Gorogoa 2017	Est. copies ≈ 717k–1.2M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.0M–$7.9M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleHand-drawn