How much revenue did Love is... make?

$21k–$55k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Love is... sell?

Q: How many copies did Love is... sell?

7k to 12k copies, based on its 302 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–12k; $21k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$85k before Steam's cut; from 302 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 Love is... and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Love is...'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 627k–1.2M

best case 1.3M (Unpacking)

Games like Love is...

A typical game among these

≈ 627k–1.2M copies

≈ $2.3M–$5.0M after Steam's cut

from ~20k 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: Unpacking at ≈ 1.0M–1.7M copies, ≈ $5.6M–$15.1M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 579 to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (7 of 8) and Hidden Object (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle, priced around $12. The breakout hits carry Singleplayer + Pixel Graphics + Simulation; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2022, 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 79 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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Unpacking 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.1M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	41k reviews Very Positive	RelaxingCute
The Room 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$4.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
The Room Two 2016	Est. copies ≈ 908k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.3M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.2M before Steam's cut	$4.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
Witch It 2020	Est. copies ≈ 493k–801k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerFunny
Machinarium 2009	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.5M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$30.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Point & ClickPuzzle
The Room 4: Old Sins 2021	Est. copies ≈ 456k–741k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$8.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery
A Little to the Left 2022	Est. copies ≈ 478k–777k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	19k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
The Room Three 2018	Est. copies ≈ 409k–665k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $674k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$5.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleMystery