How much revenue did LISA: The Painful make?

$4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did LISA: The Painful sell?

Q: How many copies did LISA: The Painful sell?

785k to 1.3M copies, based on its 15k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 785k–1.3M; $4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's cut $7.8M–$17.8M before the cut; from 15k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left LISA: The Painful out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including LISA: The Painful's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–2.3M

best case 5.0M (South Park™: The Stick of Truth™)

The Comedy genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 1.5M–2.3M copies

≈ $12.6M–$22.8M after Steam's cut

from ~39k reviews

Best case

≈ 3.8M–6.2M copies

South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ · ≈ $31.3M–$84.2M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Comedy (3 of 8) and Choices Matter (2 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Comedy + Turn-Based, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 to 2023, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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