How much revenue did The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria- make?

$421k–$1.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria- sell?

Q: How many copies did The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria- sell?

26k to 43k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 26k–43k; $421k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $766k–$1.7M before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria- and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria-'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1k–17k

best case 56k (The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki)

Games like The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki -Farewell, O Zemuria-

A typical game among these

≈ 1k–17k copies

≈ $5k–$419k after Steam's cut

from ~52 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.

Best case: The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki at ≈ 43k–70k copies, ≈ $591k–$1.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 19 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 480.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Interactive Fiction (8 of 8) and JRPG (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Interactive Fiction, priced around $50.
When they shipped: Only 3 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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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The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki 2022	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k 33x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $591k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki Ⅱ -CRIMSON SiN- 2023	Est. copies ≈ 25k–41k 20x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $416k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $757k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGJRPG
The Donnerwald Experiment 2019	Est. copies ≈ 864–1k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before Steam's cut	$19.99	30 reviews Positive	Early AccessJRPG
Planet Stronghold 2 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $8k–$22k after Steam's cut $15k–$34k before Steam's cut	$24.99	48 reviews Positive	JRPGChoose Your Own Adventure
Vom Drachentöten 2023	Est. copies ≈ 620–1k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	25 reviews Positive	JRPGInteractive Fiction
Athenian Rhapsody 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $38k–$102k after Steam's cut $69k–$157k before Steam's cut	$14.99	371 reviews Very Positive	Action RPGChoose Your Own Adventure
HOOD RPG 2024	Est. copies ≈ 347–564 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $257–$690 after Steam's cut $467–$1k before Steam's cut	$2.69	14 reviews Positive	AdventureRPG
Blood Soaked Bastard! 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $760–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$1.99	56 reviews Very Positive	AdventureRPG