How much revenue did Plum Blossom Divination make?

$2k–$5k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Plum Blossom Divination sell?

Q: How many copies did Plum Blossom Divination sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 54 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$8k before Steam's cut; from 54 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 Plum Blossom Divination and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Plum Blossom Divination's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 104k–516k

best case 1.3M (Unheard - Voices of Crime)

Games like Plum Blossom Divination

A typical game among these

≈ 104k–516k copies

≈ $423k–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Unheard - Voices of Crime at ≈ 981k–1.6M copies, ≈ $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 659 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Detective (7 of 8) and Puzzle (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Puzzle, priced around $7.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 1 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 38 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
Unheard - Voices of Crime 2019	Est. copies ≈ 981k–1.6M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.8M before Steam's cut	$6.99	34k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectivePuzzle
Strange Horticulture 2022	Est. copies ≈ 401k–652k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before Steam's cut	$15.99	16k reviews Very Positive	MysteryPuzzle
노베나 디아볼로스 2020	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $204k–$547k after Steam's cut $370k–$842k before Steam's cut	$18.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAdventure
CaseCracker 2022	Est. copies ≈ 87k–141k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $238k–$639k after Steam's cut $432k–$983k before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Text-BasedDetective
The Operator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 220k–358k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $848k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$13.99	9k reviews Very Positive	DetectiveInvestigation
Cyber Manhunt 2021	Est. copies ≈ 390k–634k 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	SimulationRPG
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength 2018	Est. copies ≈ 58k–95k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $160k–$431k after Steam's cut $292k–$664k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationChoices Matter
Hypnospace Outlaw 2019	Est. copies ≈ 160k–261k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $882k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	1990'sSimulation