How much revenue did Nine Parchments make?

$899k–$2.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nine Parchments sell?

Q: How many copies did Nine Parchments sell?

164k to 266k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 164k–266k; $899k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut; from 5k reviews (Mostly 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 Nine Parchments and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nine Parchments's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–6k

best case 9k (Ants Took My Eyeball)

Games like Nine Parchments

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–6k copies

≈ $11k–$30k after Steam's cut

from ~88 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Ants Took My Eyeball at ≈ 6k–11k copies, ≈ $23k–$62k after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 24 reviews in their first month; the range was 11 to 112.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Twin Stick Shooter (6 of 8) and Top-Down Shooter (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Loot + Action Roguelike, priced around $13.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 3 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 61 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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Riverbond 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $32k–$86k after Steam's cut $58k–$132k before Steam's cut	$24.99	161 reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerVoxel
Ants Took My Eyeball 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6k–11k 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $23k–$62k after Steam's cut $42k–$96k before Steam's cut	$12.99	262 reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLoot
Hostile Lands 2026	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $707–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before Steam's cut	$7.99	13 reviews Positive	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
Circuit Breakers 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6k–9k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $11k–$29k after Steam's cut $20k–$45k before Steam's cut	$6.99	116 reviews Mixed	Bullet HellShoot 'Em Up
Solar Purge 2020	Est. copies ≈ 868–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$16k after Steam's cut $11k–$25k before Steam's cut	$24.99	35 reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessTwin Stick Shooter
Trident's Wake 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–6k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$58k before Steam's cut	$14.99	119 reviews Mostly Negative	Twin Stick ShooterTop-Down Shooter
Gerty 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$14.99	46 reviews Positive	Action RoguelikeIndie
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