How much revenue did FINAL FANTASY VII make?

FINAL FANTASY VII is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did FINAL FANTASY VII sell?

Q: How many copies did FINAL FANTASY VII sell?

754k to 1.2M copies, based on its 30k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 754k–1.2M; from 30k reviews (Very 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 VII and predicted how it would do from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including FINAL FANTASY VII's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 571k–907k

best case 1.3M (FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster)

Games like FINAL FANTASY VII

A typical game among these

≈ 571k–907k copies

≈ $3.1M–$6.4M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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 6 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster at ≈ 986k–1.6M copies, ≈ $8.1M–$21.9M 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 Classic (4 of 6) and JRPG (4 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Turn-Based Combat, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Turn-Based Combat + Fantasy; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2019. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 36 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster 2016	Est. copies ≈ 986k–1.6M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.1M–$21.9M after Steam's cut $14.8M–$33.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	24k reviews Very Positive	JRPGTurn-Based Combat
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicCombat Racing
Garfield Kart - Furious Racing 2019	Est. copies ≈ 435k–707k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicRacing
Valkyria Chronicles™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 746k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.5M–$17.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	13k reviews Very Positive	AnimeStrategy
CHRONO TRIGGER® 2018	Est. copies ≈ 413k–671k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	JRPGRPG
FINAL FANTASY IX 2016	Est. copies ≈ 598k–971k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.5M–$9.3M after Steam's cut $6.3M–$14.3M before Steam's cut	$20.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPG Story Rich