How much revenue did Her Story make?

$1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Her Story sell?

Q: How many copies did Her Story sell?

480k to 781k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 480k–781k; $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before the cut; from 10k 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 Her Story out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Her Story's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 254k–1.0M

best case 2.0M (Emily is Away)

The Story Rich genre

4 of your 8 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

≈ 254k–1.0M copies

≈ $432k–$1.4M after Steam's cut

from ~15k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies

Emily is Away

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (5 of 8) and Interactive Fiction (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Choices Matter, priced around $8.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2022, a genre with a long track record.

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

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