How much revenue did 1997 make?

$17k–$46k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did 1997 sell?

Q: How many copies did 1997 sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 253 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $17k–$46k after Steam's cut $31k–$71k before Steam's cut; from 253 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 1997 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 1997's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–14k

best case 210k (MONMUSU)

Games like 1997

A typical game among these

≈ 9k–14k copies

≈ $16k–$27k after Steam's cut

from ~329 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: MONMUSU at ≈ 160k–259k 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 138 reviews in their first month; the range was 43 to 803.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Anime (6 of 8) and Visual Novel (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sexual Content + Nudity, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Free to Play + Mature + Clicker; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2025, and 3 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 38 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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