Sign in
wishvane

How many copies did 木夕镇的午夜轮回 Midnight cycle in Muxi Town sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 2k–3k
$459–$1k after Steam's cut $835–$2k before Steam's cut
from 68 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 木夕镇的午夜轮回 Midnight cycle in Muxi Town and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including 木夕镇的午夜轮回 Midnight cycle in Muxi Town's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 314k–358k
best case 2.9M (OMORI)
Games like 木夕镇的午夜轮回 Midnight cycle in Muxi Town

A typical game among these

≈ 314k–358k copies

≈ $2.0M–$3.0M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Horror (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: OMORI at ≈ 2.2M–3.6M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.6M 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 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 3k to 24k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Horror (4 of 8) and Story Rich (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Horror, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 3 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).

Similar games

SILENT HILL 2
2024
Est. copies
≈ 1.6M–2.7M
6.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$31.4M–$84.4M after Steam's cut $57.1M–$129.8M before Steam's cut
$69.99
66k reviews
Very Positive
We Were Here
2017
Est. copies
≈ 1.1M–1.9M
3.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
33k reviews
Very Positive
Free to PlayCo-op
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
2022
Est. copies
≈ 898k–1.5M
3.6x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before Steam's cut
$24.99
36k reviews
Very Positive
Multiple EndingsComedy
Breakout 13
2023
Est. copies
≈ 186k–302k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$511k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $928k–$2.1M before Steam's cut
$9.99
7k reviews
Very Positive
FMVInteractive Fiction
Enigma of Fear
2024
Est. copies
≈ 257k–417k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$2.1M–$5.7M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.8M before Steam's cut
$29.99
10k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
MysteryInvestigation
Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
2019
Est. copies
≈ 275k–447k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut
$16.99
10k reviews
Very Positive
PuzzlePixel Graphics
OMORI
2020
Est. copies
≈ 2.2M–3.6M
8.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$12.1M–$32.6M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.1M before Steam's cut
$19.99
89k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
2024
Est. copies
≈ 272k–442k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut
$19.99
11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
HorrorPixel Graphics

Sizing up your own game? See how many copies games in its genre usually sell before you build it.