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How many copies did Rumours of a Roman Empire sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 48–78
$79–$213 after Steam's cut $144–$327 before the cut
from 2 reviews (2 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 Rumours of a Roman Empire out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rumours of a Roman Empire's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–3.6M
best case 10.2M (Doki Doki Literature Club!)
The Anime 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
≈ 1.7M–3.6M copies
≈ $7.4M–$17.1M after Steam's cut
from ~49k reviews
Best case
≈ 7.7M–12.6M copies
Doki Doki Literature Club!
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Anime (6 of 8) and Dating Sim (3 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Visual Novel.
The era
None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. 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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