How many copies did Doki Doki Literature Club! sell?

7.7M to 12.5M copies, based on its 224k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Doki Doki Literature Club! make?

Doki Doki Literature Club! is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Doki Doki Literature Club!?

Estimated owners: ≈ 7.7M–12.5M; from 224k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Doki Doki Literature Club! out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Doki Doki Literature Club!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.8M–2.9M

best case 4.4M (Helltaker)

The Anime genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven 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

≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies

≈ $7.8M–$15.1M after Steam's cut

from ~57k reviews

Best case

≈ 3.4M–5.5M copies

Helltaker

A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Anime (4 of 8) and Story Rich (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Demons + Puzzle, priced around $13. The breakout hits carry Demons + Puzzle + Indie; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, a genre with a long track record.

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

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