How much revenue did Touhou: New World make?

$41k–$109k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Touhou: New World sell?

Q: How many copies did Touhou: New World sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 298 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $41k–$109k after Steam's cut $74k–$168k before Steam's cut; from 298 reviews (Mostly 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 Touhou: New World and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Touhou: New World's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 97k–1.0M

best case 6.9M (NieR:Automata™)

Games like Touhou: New World

A typical game among these

≈ 97k–1.0M copies

≈ $457k–$12.8M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: NieR:Automata™ at ≈ 5.3M–8.6M copies, ≈ $58.2M–$156.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 930 reviews in their first month; the range was 540 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Female Protagonist (8 of 8) and Anime (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Female Protagonist, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 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
NieR:Automata™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 24x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $58.2M–$156.5M after Steam's cut $105.8M–$240.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	154k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Glimmer in Mirror 2023	Est. copies ≈ 23k–37k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $107k–$288k after Steam's cut $194k–$442k before Steam's cut	$16.99	923 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessAnime
Tales of Berseria™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 651k–1.1M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut $16.3M–$37.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	19k reviews Very Positive	AnimeJRPG
Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue 2021	Est. copies ≈ 85k–137k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAction
永远消失的幻想乡～ The Disappearing of Gensokyo 2018	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $329k–$885k after Steam's cut $598k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$10.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AnimeBullet Hell
FINAL FANTASY® XIII 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 3.1x vs typical 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
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity 2018	Est. copies ≈ 40k–66k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $167k–$449k after Steam's cut $303k–$690k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Bullet HellAction
Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy 2024	Est. copies ≈ 228k–371k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $439k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $798k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$6.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Bullet HellAnime