How much revenue did Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition make?

$210k–$565k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition sell?

38k to 62k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 38k–62k; $210k–$565k after Steam's cut $382k–$870k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 156k–197k

best case 57.1M (Stardew Valley)

Games like Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 156k–197k copies

≈ $1.2M–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Stardew Valley at ≈ 43.5M–70.7M copies, ≈ $179.4M–$482.4M 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 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 34k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Farming Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Farming Sim + Life Sim, priced around $22.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2026, 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 52 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
Stardew Valley 2016	Est. copies ≈ 43.5M–70.7M 207x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $179.4M–$482.4M after Steam's cut $326.2M–$742.1M before Steam's cut	$14.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Farming SimPixel Graphics
My Time at Portia 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 8.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.5M–$28.3M after Steam's cut $19.1M–$43.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	44k reviews Very Positive	Life SimRPG
Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 124k–202k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $684k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Simulation Farming Sim
Coral Island 2023	Est. copies ≈ 690k–1.1M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.7M–$15.3M after Steam's cut $10.4M–$23.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	28k reviews Very Positive	Farming SimLife Sim
Littlewood 2020	Est. copies ≈ 169k–275k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $699k–$1.9M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$2.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Pixel GraphicsLife Sim
Fields of Mistria 2026	Est. copies ≈ 886k–1.4M 7.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.4M–$9.2M after Steam's cut $6.2M–$14.1M before Steam's cut	$13.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessFarming Sim
STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town 2020	Est. copies ≈ 143k–233k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.6M–$4.2M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Farming Sim Simulation
No Place Like Home 2022	Est. copies ≈ 102k–166k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $561k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	Farming SimCrafting