How much revenue did In Your Books make?

$695–$2k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did In Your Books sell?

Q: How many copies did In Your Books sell?

422 to 685 copies, based on its 17 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 422–685; $695–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut; from 17 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 In Your Books and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including In Your Books's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 101k–153k

best case 4.2M (Helltaker)

Games like In Your Books

A typical game among these

≈ 101k–153k copies

≈ $361k–$809k after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Helltaker at ≈ 3.2M–5.2M copies. 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 13k reviews in their first month; the range was 788 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Detective (6 of 8) and Visual Novel (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Demons + Puzzle, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Anime + Great Soundtrack + Singleplayer; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2021, and none of them 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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Helltaker 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M 49x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	128k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayCute
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 15x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.9M–$24.0M after Steam's cut $16.2M–$36.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeVisual Novel
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.3M after Steam's cut $13.7M–$31.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeDetective
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.8M–$28.9M after Steam's cut $19.5M–$44.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveVisual Novel
Subsurface Circular 2017	Est. copies ≈ 67k–108k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $110k–$295k after Steam's cut $200k–$454k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelInvestigation
Firework 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.1M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	44k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HorrorIndie
Detective Grimoire 2014	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $282k–$759k after Steam's cut $513k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$6.99	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationPoint & Click
Tails Noir 2021	Est. copies ≈ 87k–141k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $595k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Mixed	DetectivePixel Graphics