How much revenue did Snowman Story make?

$5k–$13k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Snowman Story sell?

Q: How many copies did Snowman Story sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 142 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before Steam's cut; from 142 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 Snowman Story and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Snowman Story's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–24k

best case 140k (Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas)

Games like Snowman Story

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–24k copies

≈ $4k–$155k after Steam's cut

from ~188 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas at ≈ 106k–173k copies, ≈ $439k–$1.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 59 reviews in their first month; the range was 7 to 189.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (7 of 8) and Action-Adventure (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Action-Adventure, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Soul's Spectrum 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$7.99	51 reviews Very Positive	Mystery DungeonPuzzle
Ary and the Secret of Seasons 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $60k–$162k after Steam's cut $110k–$249k before Steam's cut	$39.99	221 reviews Mixed	ActionAdventure
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas 2015	Est. copies ≈ 106k–173k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $439k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $797k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureRPG
Ocean's Heart 2021	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $155k–$416k after Steam's cut $281k–$640k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsAction RPG
Oracle of Forgotten Testament 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$4.99	34 reviews Positive	ExplorationPuzzle
Ouroboros 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$4.99	155 reviews Very Positive	ExperimentalTime Travel
THE GAME 2022	Est. copies ≈ 942–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $515–$1k after Steam's cut $937–$2k before Steam's cut	$1.99	38 reviews Positive	CasualRPG
网瘾少年2005 Internet addicted youth 2005 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $7k–$18k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$1.99	484 reviews Very Positive	RPGStory Rich