How much revenue did Rune Factory 3 Special make?

$242k–$652k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rune Factory 3 Special sell?

Q: How many copies did Rune Factory 3 Special sell?

22k to 36k copies, based on its 889 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 22k–36k; $242k–$652k after Steam's cut $441k–$1.0M before Steam's cut; from 889 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 Rune Factory 3 Special and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rune Factory 3 Special's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 141k–197k

best case 1.2M (Against the Storm)

Games like Rune Factory 3 Special

A typical game among these

≈ 141k–197k copies

≈ $1.3M–$1.8M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Against the Storm at ≈ 934k–1.5M copies, ≈ $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut. 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 6k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 34k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Farming Sim (5 of 8) and Simulation (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Dating Sim, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2020 to 2026, and 2 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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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