How much revenue did Forgotton Anne make?

$345k–$927k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Forgotton Anne sell?

Q: How many copies did Forgotton Anne sell?

63k to 102k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 63k–102k; $345k–$927k after Steam's cut $627k–$1.4M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 Forgotton Anne and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Forgotton Anne's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 821k–2.0M

best case 3.8M (GRIS)

Games like Forgotton Anne

A typical game among these

≈ 821k–2.0M copies

≈ $4.9M–$20.8M after Steam's cut

from ~28k 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: GRIS at ≈ 2.9M–4.8M copies, ≈ $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 399 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hand-drawn (5 of 8) and Story Rich (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Beautiful + Female Protagonist, priced around $15.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 79 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
GRIS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$50.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	96k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	BeautifulAtmospheric
Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.2M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.0M–$29.5M after Steam's cut $20.0M–$45.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	54k reviews Very Positive	EmotionalStory Rich
Lost in Play 2022	Est. copies ≈ 234k–380k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzlePoint & Click
Fran Bow 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.6M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.4M–$19.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Story Rich
Skullgirls 2nd Encore 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $14.1M–$37.8M after Steam's cut $25.5M–$58.1M before Steam's cut	$24.99	32k reviews Very Positive	Fighting2D Fighter
Child of Light 2014	Est. copies ≈ 756k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	14k reviews Very Positive	RPGFantasy
Carto 2020	Est. copies ≈ 233k–379k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.4M after Steam's cut $2.3M–$5.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieCute
The Coffin of Andy and Leyley 2023	Est. copies ≈ 982k–1.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.7M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.4M before Steam's cut	$11.99	40k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PsychologicalDark Comedy