How much revenue did Sayonara Golden Days make?

$1k–$4k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sayonara Golden Days sell?

Q: How many copies did Sayonara Golden Days sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 101 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut; from 101 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 Sayonara Golden Days and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sayonara Golden Days's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 379k–966k

best case 4.8M (Inscryption)

Games like Sayonara Golden Days

A typical game among these

≈ 379k–966k copies

≈ $2.0M–$4.7M 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: Inscryption at ≈ 3.7M–6.0M copies, ≈ $20.3M–$54.6M 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 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 680 to 20k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (6 of 8) and Experimental (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Card Battler + Card Game, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Card Battler + Card Game + Deckbuilding; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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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Inscryption 2021	Est. copies ≈ 3.7M–6.0M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $20.3M–$54.6M after Steam's cut $36.9M–$84.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	149k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card BattlerCard Game
Manifold Garden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 213k–346k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleSurreal
Unpacking 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.1M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	41k reviews Very Positive	RelaxingCute
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VLADiK BRUTAL 2024	Est. copies ≈ 260k–422k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $857k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$11.99	10k reviews Very Positive	FPSShooter
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