How much revenue did ACE Academy make?

ACE Academy is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did ACE Academy sell?

Q: How many copies did ACE Academy sell?

61k to 99k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 61k–99k; from 1k 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 ACE Academy and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including ACE Academy's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 543k–818k

best case 1.6M (Volcano Princess)

Games like ACE Academy

A typical game among these

≈ 543k–818k copies

≈ $5.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Volcano Princess at ≈ 1.2M–2.0M copies, ≈ $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 9k reviews in their first month; the range was 922 to 27k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Choices Matter (6 of 8) and Story Rich (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Choices Matter, priced around $13.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

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Our Life: Beginnings & Always 2020	Est. copies ≈ 342k–556k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelRomance
Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut 2023	Est. copies ≈ 856k–1.4M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.4M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.5M before Steam's cut	$17.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelChoices Matter
Volcano Princess 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.7M–$9.9M after Steam's cut $6.7M–$15.3M before Steam's cut	$10.99	49k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Life SimMultiple Endings
Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! 2021	Est. copies ≈ 813k–1.3M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.0M after Steam's cut $6.1M–$13.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	33k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Visual Novel
Love Is All Around 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	46k reviews Very Positive	Dating SimSexual Content
Batman - The Telltale Series 2016	Est. copies ≈ 761k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$13.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterAdventure
Tales from the Borderlands 2021	Est. copies ≈ 486k–790k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.2M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Very Positive	ComedyAdventure
Emily is Away 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	32k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayStory Rich