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How many copies did Chinese Mythology: Journey to the West sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 120–195
$32–$88 after Steam's cut $59–$135 before the cut
from 5 reviews (5 user reviews)

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

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We left Chinese Mythology: Journey to the West out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Chinese Mythology: Journey to the West's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 61k–325k
best case 980k (The Outer Worlds)
The Action RPG genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy 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
≈ 61k–325k copies
≈ $352k–$2.0M after Steam's cut
from ~3k reviews
Best case
≈ 747k–1.2M copies
The Outer Worlds
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Action RPG (5 of 8) and Action-Adventure (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Open World + Action RPG.
The era
Only 1 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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

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