How much revenue did FINAL FANTASY VIII make?

$2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FINAL FANTASY VIII sell?

Q: How many copies did FINAL FANTASY VIII sell?

602k to 977k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 602k–977k; $2.0M–$5.3M after Steam's cut $3.6M–$8.2M before Steam's cut; from 10k 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 VIII and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FINAL FANTASY VIII's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 232k–770k

best case 990k (FINAL FANTASY VII)

Games like FINAL FANTASY VIII

A typical game among these

≈ 232k–770k copies

≈ $1.6M–$4.5M 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: FINAL FANTASY VII at ≈ 754k–1.2M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share JRPG (8 of 8) and Classic (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Classic.
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 VII unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 754k–1.2M 3.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	30k reviews Very Positive	JRPGRPG
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
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 2014	Est. copies ≈ 583k–947k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Very Positive	JRPG Story Rich
FINAL FANTASY IX 2016	Est. copies ≈ 598k–971k 1.8x vs typical 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
CHRONO TRIGGER® 2018	Est. copies ≈ 413k–671k 1.7x vs typical 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 IV (3D Remake) 2014	Est. copies ≈ 182k–295k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $799k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$15.99	3k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
GRANDIA II HD Remaster 2015	Est. copies ≈ 130k–211k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $714k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	JRPGRPG
FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED 2019	Est. copies ≈ 163k–265k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $896k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGAdventure