How much revenue did FINAL FANTASY V (Old ver.) make?

FINAL FANTASY V (Old ver.) is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did FINAL FANTASY V (Old ver.) sell?

Q: How many copies did FINAL FANTASY V (Old ver.) sell?

71k to 115k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 71k–115k; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 FINAL FANTASY V (Old ver.) and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FINAL FANTASY V (Old ver.)'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 88k–159k

best case 165k (FINAL FANTASY VI)

Games like FINAL FANTASY V (Old ver.)

A typical game among these

≈ 88k–159k copies

≈ $684k–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: FINAL FANTASY VI at ≈ 125k–204k copies, ≈ $620k–$1.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 678 reviews in their first month; the range was 407 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share JRPG (8 of 8) and Fantasy (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Class-Based, priced around $18.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 2 of the 8 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 70 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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FINAL FANTASY III 2021	Est. copies ≈ 71k–116k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $353k–$949k after Steam's cut $642k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	3k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
Visions of Mana 2024	Est. copies ≈ 68k–111k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGJRPG
Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven 2024	Est. copies ≈ 120k–194k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.4M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.8M before Steam's cut	$49.99	5k reviews Very Positive	JRPGTactical RPG
Final Fantasy III (3D Remake) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 201k–326k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $883k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$15.99	4k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
FINAL FANTASY IV 2021	Est. copies ≈ 76k–124k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $377k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $685k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$17.99	3k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
BRAVELY DEFAULT II 2021	Est. copies ≈ 51k–83k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $846k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
FINAL FANTASY V 2021	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $310k–$832k after Steam's cut $563k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$17.99	3k reviews Very Positive	RPGSingleplayer
FINAL FANTASY VI 2022	Est. copies ≈ 125k–204k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $620k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$17.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RPG2D