How many copies did Visual Novel Engine sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 120 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Visual Novel Engine make?

Visual Novel Engine is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Visual Novel Engine?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 4k–7k; from 120 reviews (Mixed)

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 Visual Novel Engine and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Visual Novel Engine's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 102k–113k

best case 327k (小黑盒加速器)

Games like Visual Novel Engine

A typical game among these

≈ 102k–113k copies

≈ $448k–$2.1M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: 小黑盒加速器 at ≈ 249k–405k copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Utilities (8 of 8) and Web Publishing (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Utilities + Software. The breakout hits carry Photo Editing + Free to Play; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2021, and none of them 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 79 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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Stream Avatars 2017	Est. copies ≈ 86k–140k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $354k–$952k after Steam's cut $644k–$1.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Video ProductionAnimation & Modeling
LIV 2019	Est. copies ≈ 28k–45k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	963 reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesVideo Production
ShareX 2015	Est. copies ≈ 415k–674k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Photo EditingUtilities
FPS Monitor – hardware in-game & desktop overlays 2018	Est. copies ≈ 70k–113k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $249k–$668k after Steam's cut $452k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$12.99	2k reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesGame Development
[Unsupported] GameMaker Studio 2 Desktop 2017	Est. copies ≈ 78k–126k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentUtilities
Clickteam Fusion 2.5 2013	Est. copies ≈ 129k–210k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $3.6M–$9.6M after Steam's cut $6.5M–$14.7M before Steam's cut	$99.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Game DevelopmentAnimation & Modeling
Discord Bot Maker 2017	Est. copies ≈ 83k–134k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $227k–$610k after Steam's cut $412k–$938k before Steam's cut	$9.99	2k reviews Very Positive	UtilitiesWeb Publishing
小黑盒加速器 2021	Est. copies ≈ 249k–405k 4.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Very Positive	Web PublishingGame Development