How much revenue did A Day - to bring them happiness make?

$175–$472 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did A Day - to bring them happiness sell?

Q: How many copies did A Day - to bring them happiness sell?

645 to 1k copies, based on its 26 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 645–1k; $175–$472 after Steam's cut $319–$726 before Steam's cut; from 26 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 A Day - to bring them happiness and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including A Day - to bring them happiness's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 76k–103k

best case 826k (Braid)

Games like A Day - to bring them happiness

A typical game among these

≈ 76k–103k copies

≈ $264k–$609k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Braid at ≈ 629k–1.0M copies, ≈ $2.6M–$7.0M 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 256 reviews in their first month; the range was 17 to 527.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle-Platformer (8 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle-Platformer + Puzzle, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry 2D Platformer + Indie + 2D; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2024, and 2 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).

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Chronology 2014	Est. copies ≈ 56k–91k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $77k–$208k after Steam's cut $140k–$319k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	AdventurePuzzle-Platformer
Braid 2009	Est. copies ≈ 629k–1.0M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
Timelie 2020	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $310k–$835k after Steam's cut $564k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$17.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
Quantum Conundrum 2012	Est. copies ≈ 136k–221k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $337k–$905k after Steam's cut $612k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$8.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerPuzzle
Braid, Anniversary Edition 2024	Est. copies ≈ 47k–76k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $258k–$694k after Steam's cut $469k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle-Platformer2D Platformer
Arise: A Simple Story 2020	Est. copies ≈ 80k–129k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $437k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $795k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Emotional3D Platformer
Adventures of Shuggy 2012	Est. copies ≈ 77k–124k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $105k–$282k after Steam's cut $191k–$434k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerIndie
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