How much revenue did CHRONO TRIGGER® make?

$1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did CHRONO TRIGGER® sell?

Q: How many copies did CHRONO TRIGGER® sell?

404k to 657k copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 404k–657k; $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before the cut; from 13k 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 CHRONO TRIGGER® out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including CHRONO TRIGGER®'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 603k–830k

best case 954k (FINAL FANTASY VII)

The Story Rich genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A healthy genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 603k–830k copies

≈ $3.4M–$5.9M after Steam's cut

from ~14k reviews

Best case

≈ 727k–1.2M copies

FINAL FANTASY VII

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (6 of 8) and Classic (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Classic, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Fantasy + JRPG + RPG; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2019. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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