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 156 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 the cut; from 156 reviews (Very 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 My Wife out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including My Wife's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 526k–717k

best case 763k (ATRI -My Dear Moments-)

Games like My Wife

The middle of these games

≈ 526k–717k copies

≈ $3.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut

from ~16k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: ATRI -My Dear Moments- at ≈ 581k–945k copies, ≈ $3.4M–$9.0M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

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

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (7 of 8) and Visual Novel (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Anime, priced around $21.
The era: The games you compared 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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ATRI -My Dear Moments- 2020	Est. copies ≈ 581k–945k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.0M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before the cut	$20.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAnime
Outcore: Desktop Adventure 2022	Est. copies ≈ 455k–739k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventurePsychological Horror
Coffee Talk 2020	Est. copies ≈ 312k–506k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before the cut	$12.99	13k reviews Very Positive	ConversationPixel Graphics
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II 2023	Est. copies ≈ 430k–699k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $7.1M–$19.1M after Steam's cut $12.9M–$29.4M before the cut	$59.99	17k reviews Very Positive	RPGTurn-Based
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit 2018	Est. copies ≈ 459k–746k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	15k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayStory Rich
CLANNAD 2015	Est. copies ≈ 534k–868k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.0M–$27.3M before the cut	$44.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAnime
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Cassette Beasts 2023	Est. copies ≈ 275k–446k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.1M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before the cut	$19.99	11k reviews Very Positive	ControllerComedy