How much revenue did Leaf on Wind make?

$258–$694 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Leaf on Wind sell?

Q: How many copies did Leaf on Wind sell?

471 to 766 copies, based on its 19 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 471–766; $258–$694 after Steam's cut $469–$1k before Steam's cut; from 19 reviews (Mostly 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 Leaf on Wind and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Leaf on Wind's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 282k–298k

best case 288k (Terra Nil)

Games like Leaf on Wind

A typical game among these

≈ 282k–298k copies

≈ $2.2M–$2.7M 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.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Terra Nil at ≈ 219k–356k copies, ≈ $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 2k reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Nature (5 of 8) and Puzzle (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Nature + Puzzle, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Terra Nil 2023	Est. copies ≈ 219k–356k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	9k reviews Very Positive	NatureStrategy
Shelter 2013	Est. copies ≈ 235k–382k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $968k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AdventureSurvival
Shelter 2 2015	Est. copies ≈ 211k–343k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.9M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$6.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAtmospheric
Aruna 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1 reviews 1 user reviews	2D PlatformerRelaxing
Escape Purgatory 2022	Est. copies ≈ 248–403 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $681–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$9.99	10 reviews Positive	Early AccessAction
Altero 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$6.99	46 reviews Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerSide Scroller
Pin Zhi 2024	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $54–$146 after Steam's cut $99–$224 before Steam's cut	$1.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Adventure2D Platformer
Esau's World 2025	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $206–$553 after Steam's cut $375–$850 before Steam's cut	$14.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Puzzle-PlatformerColorful