How much revenue did Class of '09: The Flip Side make?

$240k–$646k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Class of '09: The Flip Side sell?

Q: How many copies did Class of '09: The Flip Side sell?

87k to 142k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 87k–142k; $240k–$646k after Steam's cut $437k–$994k before Steam's cut; from 4k reviews (Mixed)

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 Class of '09: The Flip Side and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Class of '09: The Flip Side's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 118k–1.2M

best case 2.1M (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)

Games like Class of '09: The Flip Side

A typical game among these

≈ 118k–1.2M copies

≈ $790k–$14.5M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc at ≈ 1.6M–2.6M copies, ≈ $8.9M–$24.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 55 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Visual Novel (5 of 8) and Detective (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Anime + Visual Novel, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2025, 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 52 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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Class of '09 2021	Est. copies ≈ 226k–368k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $622k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	9k reviews Very Positive	CasualChoose Your Own Adventure
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony 2017	Est. copies ≈ 806k–1.3M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.9M–$23.8M after Steam's cut $16.1M–$36.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	23k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelDetective
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.3M after Steam's cut $13.7M–$31.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeDetective
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark 2021	Est. copies ≈ 50k–82k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $207k–$558k after Steam's cut $377k–$858k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsDetective
Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp 2020	Est. copies ≈ 152k–248k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $502k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $913k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$11.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Dating SimLGBTQ+
CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck 2025	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $73k–$196k after Steam's cut $132k–$301k before Steam's cut	$4.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessIndie
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.9M–$24.0M after Steam's cut $16.2M–$36.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeVisual Novel
Idol Manager 2021	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $561k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelEconomy