How much revenue did Persona 3 Portable make?

$789k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Persona 3 Portable sell?

Q: How many copies did Persona 3 Portable sell?

143k to 233k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 143k–233k; $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut; from 6k reviews (Very 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 Persona 3 Portable and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Persona 3 Portable's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–3.3M

best case 9.1M (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)

Games like Persona 3 Portable

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–3.3M copies

≈ $13.6M–$55.3M after Steam's cut

from ~41k 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: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at ≈ 6.9M–11.3M copies, ≈ $95.2M–$256.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 15k reviews in their first month; the range was 5k to 92k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share JRPG (8 of 8) and Story Rich (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Story Rich, priced around $50.
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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Persona 5 Royal 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $57.7M–$155.1M after Steam's cut $104.9M–$238.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPG Story Rich
Metaphor: ReFantazio 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $20.7M–$55.7M after Steam's cut $37.7M–$85.7M before Steam's cut	$69.99	43k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 2025	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.3M 6.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $95.2M–$256.1M after Steam's cut $173.2M–$394.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	279k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Turn-Based CombatStory Rich
Persona 4 Golden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	88k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPGGreat Soundtrack
FINAL FANTASY® XIII 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.4M before Steam's cut	$15.99	20k reviews Mostly Positive	JRPGRPG
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster 2016	Est. copies ≈ 986k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.1M–$21.9M after Steam's cut $14.8M–$33.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	24k reviews Very Positive	JRPGTurn-Based Combat
Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2020	Est. copies ≈ 934k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.1M–$13.8M after Steam's cut $9.3M–$21.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	38k reviews Very Positive	RPGAdventure
OCTOPATH TRAVELER™ 2019	Est. copies ≈ 498k–809k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8.2M–$22.1M after Steam's cut $14.9M–$34.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	17k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG