How much revenue did RPG Maker VX Ace make?

$6.3M–$17.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did RPG Maker VX Ace sell?

Q: How many copies did RPG Maker VX Ace sell?

328k to 533k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 328k–533k; $6.3M–$17.0M after Steam's cut $11.5M–$26.1M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 RPG Maker VX Ace and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including RPG Maker VX Ace's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11k–99k

best case 574k (RPG Maker MV)

Games like RPG Maker VX Ace

A typical game among these

≈ 11k–99k copies

≈ $302k–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~677 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: RPG Maker MV at ≈ 437k–711k copies, ≈ $9.6M–$25.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Game Development (8 of 8) and RPGMaker (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RPGMaker + Game Development, priced around $80.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2022, and none of them 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 79 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
RPG Maker VX Ace Lite unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	153 reviews Very Positive	RPGRPGMaker
RPG Maker 2003 2015	Est. copies ≈ 43k–69k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $234k–$630k after Steam's cut $426k–$969k before Steam's cut	$19.99	873 reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentRPG
RPG Paper Maker 2019	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	284 reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentSoftware
RPG Maker XP 2013	Est. copies ≈ 125k–203k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $860k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentRPG
RPG in a Box 2022	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $65k–$176k after Steam's cut $119k–$271k before Steam's cut	$19.99	480 reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentDesign & Illustration
SRPG Studio 2018	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $140k–$378k after Steam's cut $255k–$581k before Steam's cut	$59.99	280 reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentAnimation & Modeling
RPG Maker MZ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 59k–96k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$79.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGGame Development
RPG Maker MV 2015	Est. copies ≈ 437k–711k 13x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $9.6M–$25.9M after Steam's cut $17.5M–$39.8M before Steam's cut	$79.99	9k reviews Very Positive	RPGRPGMaker