How much revenue did My Wife make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did My Wife sell?

Q: How many copies did My Wife sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 155 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 155 reviews (Very 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 My Wife and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including My Wife's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 532k–721k

best case 767k (ATRI -My Dear Moments-)

Games like My Wife

A typical game among these

≈ 532k–721k copies

≈ $3.0M–$10.8M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: ATRI -My Dear Moments- at ≈ 584k–949k copies, ≈ $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 621 to 4k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (7 of 8) and Visual Novel (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Anime, priced around $21.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, and none of them 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 61 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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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
ATRI -My Dear Moments- 2020	Est. copies ≈ 584k–949k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.1M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before Steam's cut	$20.99	24k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAnime
Outcore: Desktop Adventure 2022	Est. copies ≈ 457k–743k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePsychological Horror
Coffee Talk 2020	Est. copies ≈ 314k–510k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$12.99	13k reviews Very Positive	ConversationPixel Graphics
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II 2023	Est. copies ≈ 436k–708k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.3M after Steam's cut $13.1M–$29.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	18k reviews Very Positive	RPGTurn-Based
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit 2018	Est. copies ≈ 460k–747k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	15k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayStory Rich
CLANNAD 2015	Est. copies ≈ 538k–874k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.5M before Steam's cut	$44.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAnime
Finding Paradise 2017	Est. copies ≈ 702k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichEmotional
Cassette Beasts 2023	Est. copies ≈ 277k–450k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.8M–$6.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ControllerComedy