How much revenue did LiEat make?

$160k–$431k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did LiEat sell?

Q: How many copies did LiEat sell?

195k to 317k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 195k–317k; $160k–$431k after Steam's cut $292k–$664k before Steam's cut; from 5k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 LiEat and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including LiEat's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 334k–578k

best case 2.9M (OMORI)

Games like LiEat

A typical game among these

≈ 334k–578k copies

≈ $944k–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: OMORI at ≈ 2.2M–3.6M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (8 of 8) and Hand-drawn (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + RPGMaker, priced around $15. The breakout hits carry Pixel Graphics + Great Soundtrack + RPGMaker; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2020, 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 79 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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Samorost 3 2016	Est. copies ≈ 232k–377k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickHand-drawn
The Tiny Bang Story 2011	Est. copies ≈ 420k–683k SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $577k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$4.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickPuzzle
Tales of the Black Forest 2019	Est. copies ≈ 447k–726k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $491k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $892k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$3.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RPGRPGMaker
Old Man's Journey 2017	Est. copies ≈ 147k–239k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $404k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $735k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	AdventureCasual
OMORI 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.6M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.6M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Story Rich
To the Moon 2012	Est. copies ≈ 5.5M–8.9M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $15.0M–$40.4M after Steam's cut $27.3M–$62.2M before Steam's cut	$9.99	87k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichGreat Soundtrack
A Bird Story 2014	Est. copies ≈ 606k–984k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $665k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$3.99	11k reviews Very Positive	IndieStory Rich
Pyre 2017	Est. copies ≈ 322k–523k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.2M–$7.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	IndieRPG