How much revenue did SunnySide make?

$160k–$429k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did SunnySide sell?

Q: How many copies did SunnySide sell?

29k to 47k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 29k–47k; $160k–$429k after Steam's cut $290k–$660k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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 SunnySide and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including SunnySide's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 290k–384k

best case 443k (FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time)

Games like SunnySide

A typical game among these

≈ 290k–384k copies

≈ $2.3M–$4.7M after Steam's cut

from ~9k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Female Protagonist (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time at ≈ 337k–548k copies, ≈ $5.6M–$15.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 617 reviews in their first month; the range was 527 to 9k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Female Protagonist (4 of 8) and Action-Adventure (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Action-Adventure, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 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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FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time 2025	Est. copies ≈ 337k–548k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.0M after Steam's cut $10.1M–$23.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	14k reviews Very Positive	RPGAction
Cassette Beasts 2023	Est. copies ≈ 277k–450k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ControllerComedy
Book of Yog Idle RPG 2022	Est. copies ≈ 224k–363k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	9k reviews Mixed	AdventureMassively Multiplayer
Haven 2020	Est. copies ≈ 152k–246k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RomanceAction-Adventure
Aura Kingdom 2014	Est. copies ≈ 475k–772k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mostly Positive	AnimeFree to Play
Buy a Croquette! 2024	Est. copies ≈ 214k–348k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGMakerMystery
LIGHTNING RETURNS™: FINAL FANTASY® XIII 2015	Est. copies ≈ 237k–384k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGJRPG
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout 2019	Est. copies ≈ 253k–412k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	9k reviews Very Positive	JRPGExploration