How much revenue did Life is Strange: Before the Storm make?

$6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Life is Strange: Before the Storm sell?

Q: How many copies did Life is Strange: Before the Storm sell?

1.3M to 2.1M copies, based on its 38k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.3M–2.1M; $6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.2M before the cut; from 38k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Life is Strange: Before the Storm out and predicted the genre from its 3 similar games. Every figure here, including Life is Strange: Before the Storm's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14.6M–39.3M

best case 56.9M (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition)

Games like Life is Strange: Before the Storm

The middle of these games

≈ 14.6M–39.3M copies

≈ $85.0M–$592.0M after Steam's cut

from ~340k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 3 of your similar games are hits.

From a small set, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition at ≈ 43.3M–70.4M copies, ≈ $595.5M–$1601.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (3 of 3) and Open World (2 of 3).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Story Rich, priced around $50.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2018. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 38 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

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 43.3M–70.4M 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $595.5M–$1601.0M after Steam's cut $1082.7M–$2463.1M before the cut	$49.99	888k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldRPG
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.5M–$125.1M after Steam's cut $84.6M–$192.5M before the cut	$29.99	186k reviews Very Positive	MedievalRPG
Undertale 2015	Est. copies ≈ 16.6M–27.0M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $45.6M–$122.6M after Steam's cut $82.9M–$188.7M before the cut	$9.99	340k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich