How much revenue did Speed Dates make?

$6k–$16k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Speed Dates sell?

Q: How many copies did Speed Dates sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 297 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut; from 297 reviews (Mixed)

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 Speed Dates and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Speed Dates's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 71k–129k

best case 293k (Knowledge, or know Lady)

Games like Speed Dates

A typical game among these

≈ 71k–129k copies

≈ $315k–$642k after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Knowledge, or know Lady at ≈ 223k–362k copies, ≈ $429k–$1.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 470 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dating Sim (8 of 8) and FMV (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sexual Content + Dating Sim, priced around $7.
When they shipped: 7 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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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Five Dates 2020	Est. copies ≈ 70k–114k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $290k–$779k after Steam's cut $527k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Dating SimFMV
失业了，我获得了亿万游戏财产！ 2024	Est. copies ≈ 74k–119k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $263k–$706k after Steam's cut $477k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$12.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Sexual ContentStrategy
Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise 2025	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $136k–$367k after Steam's cut $248k–$564k before Steam's cut	$15.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	FMVDating Sim
Hello Love: 18 Again 2025	Est. copies ≈ 58k–95k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $321k–$864k after Steam's cut $584k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	FMVCinematic
咸鱼殿下 / My journey 2025	Est. copies ≈ 52k–85k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $172k–$463k after Steam's cut $313k–$712k before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	FMVDating Sim
Knowledge, or know Lady 2024	Est. copies ≈ 223k–362k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $429k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $779k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$6.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Sexual ContentDating Sim
Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday 2024	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $166k–$447k after Steam's cut $302k–$687k before Steam's cut	$10.99	2k reviews Very Positive	AdventureRPG
Five Hearts Under One Roof 2024	Est. copies ≈ 173k–281k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $949k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Sexual ContentDating Sim