How much revenue did Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics make?

$49k–$132k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics sell?

Q: How many copies did Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics sell?

18k to 29k copies, based on its 429 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–29k; $49k–$132k after Steam's cut $89k–$203k before Steam's cut; from 429 reviews (Mixed)

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 Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 65k–107k

best case 653k (OCTOPATH TRAVELER™)

Games like Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics

A typical game among these

≈ 65k–107k copies

≈ $424k–$914k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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: OCTOPATH TRAVELER™ at ≈ 498k–809k copies, ≈ $8.2M–$22.1M 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 415 reviews in their first month; the range was 141 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Anime (5 of 8) and JRPG (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Turn-Based, priced around $60. The breakout hits carry Story Rich + Turn-Based Combat + Great Soundtrack; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 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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NEOVERSE 2020	Est. copies ≈ 94k–152k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $515k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $935k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Card BattlerDeckbuilding
One Way Heroics 2014	Est. copies ≈ 233k–378k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $223k–$601k after Steam's cut $406k–$924k before Steam's cut	$3.49	4k reviews Very Positive	Mystery DungeonSide Scroller
Zengeon 2019	Est. copies ≈ 45k–74k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $249k–$670k after Steam's cut $453k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Mixed	ActionIndie
Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded- 2018	Est. copies ≈ 56k–91k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $539k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $980k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$34.99	2k reviews Very Positive	RPGAdventure
Kagura Survivors: Endless Night 2023	Est. copies ≈ 69k–113k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Sexual ContentFree to Play
OCTOPATH TRAVELER™ 2019	Est. copies ≈ 498k–809k 8.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $8.2M–$22.1M after Steam's cut $14.9M–$34.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	17k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend 2022	Est. copies ≈ 53k–87k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $440k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $800k–$1.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderAnime
FALL IN LABYRINTH 2021	Est. copies ≈ 27k–45k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $151k–$405k after Steam's cut $274k–$623k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	NuditySexual Content