How much revenue did Neko Nyaa~ make?

$272–$730 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Neko Nyaa~ sell?

Q: How many copies did Neko Nyaa~ sell?

496 to 806 copies, based on its 20 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 496–806; $272–$730 after Steam's cut $494–$1k before the cut; from 20 reviews (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 Neko Nyaa~ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Neko Nyaa~'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.2M–8.3M

best case 40.5M (Wallpaper Engine)

Games like Neko Nyaa~

The middle of these games

≈ 2.2M–8.3M copies

≈ $26.8M–$54.8M after Steam's cut

from ~114k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Wallpaper Engine at ≈ 30.9M–50.1M copies, ≈ $42.3M–$113.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (6 of 8) and Simulation (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of your 7 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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