How much revenue did Noctuary make?

$516k–$1.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Noctuary sell?

Q: How many copies did Noctuary sell?

63k to 102k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 63k–102k; $516k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $938k–$2.1M before the cut; from 3k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Noctuary out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Noctuary's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 431k–1.1M

best case 1.9M (The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty)

The Visual Novel genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 431k–1.1M copies

≈ $2.1M–$5.1M after Steam's cut

from ~25k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.4M–2.3M copies

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty · ≈ $3.9M–$10.6M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Visual Novel (7 of 8) and Story Rich (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Historical, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2017 to 2025, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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