How much revenue did Homicipher make?

$796k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Homicipher sell?

Q: How many copies did Homicipher sell?

207k to 336k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 207k–336k; $796k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut; from 8k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Homicipher and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Homicipher's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 68k–103k

best case 287k (Amnesia™: Memories)

Games like Homicipher

A typical game among these

≈ 68k–103k copies

≈ $360k–$628k after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Amnesia™: Memories at ≈ 219k–356k copies, ≈ $601k–$1.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Anime (7 of 8) and Visual Novel (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Otome + Visual Novel, priced around $10.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2019. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 36 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).

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Seduce Me the Otome 2015	Est. copies ≈ 106k–172k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayNudity
Amnesia™: Memories 2015	Est. copies ≈ 219k–356k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $601k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	OtomeVisual Novel
Miracle Snack Shop 2018	Est. copies ≈ 69k–113k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $190k–$512k after Steam's cut $346k–$788k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Dating SimVisual Novel
CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel 2016	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlaySexual Content
7'scarlet 2019	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $210k–$565k after Steam's cut $382k–$869k before Steam's cut	$29.99	884 reviews Mostly Positive	OtomeAdventure
Nameless ~The one thing you must recall~ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $354k–$951k after Steam's cut $643k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	766 reviews Very Positive	Dating SimOtome
Jesus Christ RPG Trilogy 2016	Est. copies ≈ 67k–108k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $183k–$492k after Steam's cut $333k–$757k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	MemesRPG
Hustle Cat 2016	Est. copies ≈ 55k–89k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $300k–$807k after Steam's cut $546k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelIndie