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How big is Pierrot à la Mode?

Estimated players who have it
≈ 248–403
from 10 reviews (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 Pierrot à la Mode and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pierrot à la Mode's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 328k–428k
best case 3.3M (The Wolf Among Us)
Games like Pierrot à la Mode

A typical game among these

≈ 328k–428k copies

≈ $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut

from ~12k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Wolf Among Us at ≈ 2.5M–4.1M copies, ≈ $10.5M–$28.2M 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 855 reviews in their first month; the range was 55 to 4k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Choose Your Own Adventure (8 of 8) and Visual Novel (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Choose Your Own Adventure + Story Rich, priced around $16. The breakout hits carry Psychological Horror + Horror + CRPG; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2013 to 2024, 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 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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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
Suzerain
2020
Est. copies
≈ 296k–481k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.7M before Steam's cut
$19.99
12k reviews
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Visual NovelChoose Your Own Adventure
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
2023
Est. copies
≈ 856k–1.4M
2.9x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.5M before Steam's cut
$17.99
35k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Visual NovelChoices Matter
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
2021
Est. copies
≈ 326k–529k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut
$19.99
13k reviews
Very Positive
Choices MatterStory Rich
BAD END THEATER
2021
Est. copies
≈ 250k–406k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$687k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut
$9.99
10k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Multiple EndingsVisual Novel
The Wolf Among Us
2013
Est. copies
≈ 2.5M–4.1M
3.4x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$10.5M–$28.2M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.4M before Steam's cut
$14.99
40k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
AdventureDetective
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
2020
Est. copies
≈ 342k–556k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
14k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Visual NovelRomance
Egg Squeeze
2024
Est. copies
≈ 11k–18k
too small to compare
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$51k before Steam's cut
$3.99
450 reviews
Very Positive

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