How much revenue did The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty make?

$3.9M–$10.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty sell?

Q: How many copies did The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty sell?

1.4M to 2.3M copies, based on its 60k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.4M–2.3M; $3.9M–$10.6M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.3M before the cut; from 60k reviews (Very Positive)

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

Does this actually work?

We left The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 100k–226k

best case 402k (Suzerain)

The Story Rich genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy 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

≈ 100k–226k copies

≈ $376k–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

Best case

≈ 306k–497k copies

Suzerain · ≈ $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (8 of 8) and Visual Novel (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Choose Your Own Adventure, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2026, a genre with a long track record.

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

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