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 Steam's cut; from 20 reviews (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 Neko Nyaa~ and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Neko Nyaa~'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.2M–8.4M

best case 40.7M (Wallpaper Engine)

Games like Neko Nyaa~

A typical game among these

≈ 2.2M–8.4M copies

≈ $26.9M–$55.0M after Steam's cut

from ~115k 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: Wallpaper Engine at ≈ 31.0M–50.3M copies, ≈ $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share First-Person (6 of 8) and Simulation (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of the 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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