How much revenue did Kitchen Wars make?

$20k–$53k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Kitchen Wars sell?

Q: How many copies did Kitchen Wars sell?

14k to 23k copies, based on its 578 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 14k–23k; $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$81k before Steam's cut; from 578 reviews (Mostly 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 Kitchen Wars and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Kitchen Wars's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 308k–513k

best case 886k (PlateUp!)

Games like Kitchen Wars

A typical game among these

≈ 308k–513k copies

≈ $911k–$2.9M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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: PlateUp! at ≈ 675k–1.1M copies, ≈ $3.7M–$10.0M 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 2k to 8k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cooking (8 of 8) and Management (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Co-op + Management, priced around $20.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 36 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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PlateUp! 2022	Est. copies ≈ 675k–1.1M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$10.0M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	27k reviews Very Positive	Co-op Management
Cooking Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 568k–923k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	SimulationCooking
Fast Food Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 245k–398k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	SimulationOnline Co-Op
Ale & Tale Tavern 2024	Est. copies ≈ 259k–422k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	10k reviews Very Positive	AdventureOnline Co-Op
Ravenous Devils 2022	Est. copies ≈ 246k–400k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $338k–$908k after Steam's cut $614k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$4.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ManagementCooking
Papa's Pizzeria Deluxe 2024	Est. copies ≈ 93k–150k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $152k–$410k after Steam's cut $277k–$631k before Steam's cut	$5.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CookingSimulation
Papa's Freezeria Deluxe 2023	Est. copies ≈ 331k–538k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $546k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $992k–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$5.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CookingTime Management
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