How much revenue did Shokudo Underworld make?

$11k–$31k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Shokudo Underworld sell?

Q: How many copies did Shokudo Underworld sell?

7k to 11k copies, based on its 281 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 7k–11k; $11k–$31k after Steam's cut $21k–$47k before Steam's cut; from 281 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 Shokudo Underworld and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Shokudo Underworld's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 489–20k

best case 127k (Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe)

Games like Shokudo Underworld

A typical game among these

≈ 489–20k copies

≈ $2k–$182k after Steam's cut

from ~63 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Cooking (4 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe at ≈ 97k–157k copies, ≈ $533k–$1.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 40 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 947.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Cooking (4 of 8) and Fantasy (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Cooking + Female Protagonist, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 3 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 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe 2017	Est. copies ≈ 97k–157k 45x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $533k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $968k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionRPG
Cuisineer 2023	Est. copies ≈ 52k–84k 34x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $357k–$960k after Steam's cut $649k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Action RoguelikeCooking
Cinderella VR 2018	Est. copies ≈ 152–247 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $417–$1k after Steam's cut $759–$2k before Steam's cut	$9.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	WholesomeVR
Fireside 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $17k–$39k before Steam's cut	$14.99	93 reviews Very Positive	AdventureCute
Frogvival 2023	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $2k–$6k before Steam's cut	$12.99	15 reviews Mixed	Farming SimExploration
Blue Oak Bridge 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $13k–$34k after Steam's cut $23k–$52k before Steam's cut	$14.99	123 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGSimulation
AbyssalRestaurant 2024	Est. copies ≈ 794–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$4.99	32 reviews Mixed	Early AccessImmersive Sim
Diets & Deities 2024	Est. copies ≈ 372–605 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $510–$1k after Steam's cut $928–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	15 reviews Positive	RhythmCooking