How much revenue did Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs make?

$825k–$2.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs sell?

Q: How many copies did Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs sell?

120k to 195k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 120k–195k; $825k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.8M–2.6M

best case 5.7M (Everlasting Summer)

Games like Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs

A typical game among these

≈ 1.8M–2.6M copies

≈ $15.2M–$19.0M after Steam's cut

from ~43k 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: Everlasting Summer at ≈ 4.4M–7.1M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (8 of 8) and Visual Novel (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Story Rich.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2024, and 1 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 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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