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How many copies did Ace Attorney Investigations Collection sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 112k–181k
$1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.1M before the cut
from 5k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Ace Attorney Investigations Collection out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ace Attorney Investigations Collection's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 642k–1.3M
best case 5.1M (Content Warning)
The Mystery genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game
≈ 642k–1.3M copies
≈ $2.7M–$7.2M after Steam's cut
from ~21k reviews
Best case
≈ 3.9M–6.3M copies
Content Warning · ≈ $8.5M–$22.9M after Steam's cut
A breakout hit, far above a typical game.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Mystery (5 of 8) and Puzzle (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Horror + First-Person, priced around $8. The breakout hits carry Funny + Survival Horror + Online Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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