How much revenue did The DioField Chronicle make?

$329k–$883k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The DioField Chronicle sell?

Q: How many copies did The DioField Chronicle sell?

20k to 32k copies, based on its 803 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 20k–32k; $329k–$883k after Steam's cut $597k–$1.4M before Steam's cut; from 803 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 The DioField Chronicle and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The DioField Chronicle's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 112k–404k

best case 980k (Valkyria Chronicles™)

Games like The DioField Chronicle

A typical game among these

≈ 112k–404k copies

≈ $1.9M–$5.6M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Valkyria Chronicles™ at ≈ 746k–1.2M copies, ≈ $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Anime (7 of 8) and JRPG (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Anime + Turn-Based, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, 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 70 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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Disgaea PC 2016	Est. copies ≈ 201k–326k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Strategy RPGJRPG
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 2014	Est. copies ≈ 583k–947k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Very Positive	JRPG Story Rich
Disgaea 5 Complete 2018	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
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Valkyria Chronicles™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 746k–1.2M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	AnimeStrategy
Disgaea 2 PC 2017	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $323k–$869k after Steam's cut $588k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGStrategy RPG
TRIANGLE STRATEGY 2022	Est. copies ≈ 94k–152k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.4M before Steam's cut	$59.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Turn-Based TacticsStrategy RPG
Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 216k–351k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.0M after Steam's cut $5.4M–$12.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	7k reviews Very Positive	StrategyAnime