How much revenue did Emily_ make?

$381–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Emily_ sell?

Q: How many copies did Emily_ sell?

347 to 564 copies, based on its 14 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 347–564; $381–$1k after Steam's cut $692–$2k before Steam's cut; from 14 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 Emily_ and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Emily_'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 236–2k

best case 5k (浮生箓 Floating Life)

Games like Emily_

A typical game among these

≈ 236–2k copies

≈ $138–$5k after Steam's cut

from ~17 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: 浮生箓 Floating Life at ≈ 4k–6k copies, ≈ $3k–$8k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 67.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Word Game (8 of 8) and Choose Your Own Adventure (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Word Game + Drama, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2025, 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 36 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
浮生箓 Floating Life 2022	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k 9.0x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$2.99	149 reviews Mixed	Word GameCasual
Hellscape 2022	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$113 before Steam's cut	$1.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	AdventureCasual
WordTactics 2020	Est. copies ≈ 496–806 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	20 reviews Positive	StrategyWord Game
Train of Thoughts 2024	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $28–$73 after Steam's cut $50–$113 before Steam's cut	$1.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	Choose Your Own AdventureTyping
1248 2019	Est. copies ≈ 374–608 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $205–$551 after Steam's cut $372–$847 before Steam's cut	$1.99	13 reviews Positive	Match 3Solitaire
Lavender Dream 2024	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $122–$329 after Steam's cut $222–$506 before Steam's cut	$1.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	Choose Your Own AdventureIdler
寒いから鍋食いたいね女苑ちゃんと！！ 2025	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$8k before Steam's cut	$6.99	43 reviews Positive	SimulationWord Game
Knotwords 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before Steam's cut	$11.99	59 reviews Very Positive	CasualStrategy