How much revenue did Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll make?

$487k–$1.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll sell?

Q: How many copies did Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll sell?

177k to 288k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 177k–288k; $487k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $886k–$2.0M before Steam's cut; from 7k 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 Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–81k

best case 238k (PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo)

Games like Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll

A typical game among these

≈ 8k–81k copies

≈ $19k–$413k after Steam's cut

from ~649 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo at ≈ 181k–295k copies, ≈ $997k–$2.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 196 reviews in their first month; the range was 32 to 637.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Visual Novel (7 of 8) and Anime (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Anime, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 2 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 43 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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PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo 2023	Est. copies ≈ 181k–295k 11x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $997k–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	7k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAdventure
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei 2022	Est. copies ≈ 8k–12k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $23k–$51k before Steam's cut	$5.99	303 reviews Very Positive	AdventureVisual Novel
Staffer Reborn 2024	Est. copies ≈ 25k–40k 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $34k–$91k after Steam's cut $62k–$140k before Steam's cut	$4.99	994 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureInvestigation
A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986 2020	Est. copies ≈ 55k–90k 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $229k–$615k after Steam's cut $416k–$946k before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	IndieCasual
ふりかけ☆スペイシー 2023	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $26k–$69k after Steam's cut $47k–$106k before Steam's cut	$14.99	251 reviews Very Positive	AdventureVisual Novel
Nirvana Pilot Yume 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$13k after Steam's cut $9k–$20k before Steam's cut	$3.99	131 reviews Mostly Positive	SpaceVisual Novel
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