How much revenue did Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog make?

$98k–$264k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog sell?

Q: How many copies did Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog sell?

24k to 39k copies, based on its 962 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–39k; $98k–$264k after Steam's cut $179k–$407k before Steam's cut; from 962 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 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 320k–353k

best case 1.5M (STEINS;GATE)

Games like Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog

A typical game among these

≈ 320k–353k copies

≈ $1.8M–$3.6M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: STEINS;GATE at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $9.3M–$25.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Visual Novel (8 of 8) and Anime (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Story Rich, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Multiple Endings + Casual; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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 52 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
STEINS;GATE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $9.3M–$25.1M after Steam's cut $16.9M–$38.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
AI: The Somnium Files 2019	Est. copies ≈ 272k–442k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelAnime
ATRI -My Dear Moments- 2020	Est. copies ≈ 584k–949k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before Steam's cut	$20.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAnime
Aliya: Timelink 2024	Est. copies ≈ 240k–390k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $197k–$530k after Steam's cut $359k–$816k before Steam's cut	$2.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGInteractive Fiction
STEINS;GATE 0 2018	Est. copies ≈ 259k–421k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before Steam's cut	$34.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For- 2016	Est. copies ≈ 343k–558k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $944k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAnime
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma 2016	Est. copies ≈ 205k–334k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Visual Novel
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games 2017	Est. copies ≈ 256k–415k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich