How much revenue did Ichima-san make?

$5k–$14k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ichima-san sell?

Q: How many copies did Ichima-san sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 70 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut; from 70 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 Ichima-san and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ichima-san's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 69k–197k

best case 724k (Death's Door)

Games like Ichima-san

A typical game among these

≈ 69k–197k copies

≈ $534k–$1.9M 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: Death's Door at ≈ 552k–897k copies, ≈ $3.0M–$8.2M 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 452 reviews in their first month; the range was 140 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 3D Platformer (5 of 8) and Exploration (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like + 3D Platformer, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2023, and none of them 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

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Death's Door 2021	Est. copies ≈ 552k–897k 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.0M–$8.2M after Steam's cut $5.5M–$12.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Very Positive	CuteSouls-like
Blue Fire 2021	Est. copies ≈ 77k–126k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $425k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $772k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
Shadow Man Remastered 2021	Est. copies ≈ 39k–64k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $217k–$582k after Steam's cut $394k–$896k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Supraland 2019	Est. copies ≈ 446k–725k 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerExploration
ReCore: Definitive Edition 2018	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $290k–$779k after Steam's cut $527k–$1.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	AdventureAction
Pseudoregalia 2023	Est. copies ≈ 473k–769k 6.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $779k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$5.99	19k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	3D PlatformerMetroidvania
The Gunk 2022	Est. copies ≈ 150k–244k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Action-AdventureAtmospheric
Hob 2017	Est. copies ≈ 193k–314k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	AdventureAction