How much revenue did You are the Judge! make?

$23k–$62k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did You are the Judge! sell?

Q: How many copies did You are the Judge! sell?

6k to 11k copies, based on its 261 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–11k; $23k–$62k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before Steam's cut; from 261 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 You are the Judge! and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including You are the Judge!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 732–7k

best case 388k (Suzerain)

Games like You are the Judge!

A typical game among these

≈ 732–7k copies

≈ $3k–$22k after Steam's cut

from ~85 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Suzerain at ≈ 296k–481k copies, ≈ $1.6M–$4.4M 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 24 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 855.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Political Sim (7 of 8) and Choose Your Own Adventure (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Choose Your Own Adventure, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Visual Novel + Text-Based + Choices Matter; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, 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 that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 43 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
DOUGH: A Crime Strategy RPG 2024	Est. copies ≈ 843–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut	$14.99	34 reviews Mostly Positive	Early Access4X
Crisis in the Kremlin 2017	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k 17x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $69k–$186k after Steam's cut $126k–$286k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Political SimStrategy
Suzerain 2020	Est. copies ≈ 296k–481k 140x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	12k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelChoose Your Own Adventure
Jey's Empire 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$27k after Steam's cut $18k–$42k before Steam's cut	$14.99	85 reviews Very Positive	Choose Your Own AdventurePolitical Sim
KingSim 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$59k before Steam's cut	$9.99	210 reviews Very Positive	Strategy RPGChoose Your Own Adventure
Collapse: A Political Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $17k–$40k before Steam's cut	$6.99	201 reviews Mixed	Political SimChoose Your Own Adventure
I'm a King 2021	Est. copies ≈ 273–443 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $224–$603 after Steam's cut $408–$927 before Steam's cut	$2.99	11 reviews Mostly Negative	Choose Your Own AdventurePolitical Sim
Oh My Lord 2024	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $238–$642 after Steam's cut $433–$988 before Steam's cut	$6.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Early AccessChoose Your Own Adventure