How much revenue did Live2DViewerEX make?

$126k–$338k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Live2DViewerEX sell?

Q: How many copies did Live2DViewerEX sell?

92k to 149k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 92k–149k; $126k–$338k after Steam's cut $229k–$520k before Steam's cut; from 4k 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 Live2DViewerEX and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Live2DViewerEX's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 640k–3.8M

best case 40.7M (Wallpaper Engine)

Games like Live2DViewerEX

A typical game among these

≈ 640k–3.8M copies

≈ $4.2M–$9.7M after Steam's cut

from ~27k 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: Wallpaper Engine at ≈ 31.0M–50.3M copies, ≈ $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Utilities (7 of 8) and Software (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mature + Utilities, priced around $5. The breakout hits carry Anime + First-Person + Mature; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of the 7 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 61 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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Wallpaper Engine 2018	Est. copies ≈ 31.0M–50.3M 38x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $42.5M–$114.3M after Steam's cut $77.3M–$175.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	1.0M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MatureUtilities
SteamVR unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	87k reviews Very Positive	VRSoftware
Virtual Cottage 2020	Est. copies ≈ 275k–448k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CozyRelaxing
CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS 2015	Est. copies ≈ 557k–905k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$7.0M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.8M before Steam's cut	$16.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	UtilitiesSoftware
Spirit City: Lofi Sessions 2024	Est. copies ≈ 418k–679k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$11.99	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CozyRelaxing
Soundpad 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.6M–5.9M 3.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.9M–$13.3M after Steam's cut $9.0M–$20.5M before Steam's cut	$4.99	105k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	UtilitiesAudio Production
Blender 2015	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.3M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	92k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Animation & ModelingSoftware
Aseprite 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Pixel GraphicsDesign & Illustration