How much revenue did YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- make?

$255k–$685k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- sell?

Q: How many copies did YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- sell?

46k to 75k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 46k–75k; $255k–$685k after Steam's cut $463k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 2k 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 YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY- and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 564k–1.1M

best case 1.1M (Chants of Sennaar)

Games like YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-

A typical game among these

≈ 564k–1.1M copies

≈ $4.4M–$8.0M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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: Chants of Sennaar at ≈ 869k–1.4M copies, ≈ $4.8M–$12.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 2k to 10k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Puzzle (7 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Point & Click, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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 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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FEZ 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.8M–$7.6M after Steam's cut $5.1M–$11.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	16k reviews Very Positive	PlatformerIndie
Supraland 2019	Est. copies ≈ 446k–725k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	16k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Puzzle-PlatformerExploration
ANIMAL WELL 2024	Est. copies ≈ 612k–995k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.2M–$11.3M after Steam's cut $7.6M–$17.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	25k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MetroidvaniaExploration
Chants of Sennaar 2023	Est. copies ≈ 869k–1.4M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.8M–$12.8M after Steam's cut $8.7M–$19.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleAdventure
Superliminal 2020	Est. copies ≈ 848k–1.4M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.5M after Steam's cut $8.5M–$19.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	34k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleFirst-Person
Webbed 2021	Est. copies ≈ 380k–617k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.3M before Steam's cut	$9.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2D PlatformerCute
Murders on the Yangtze River 2024	Est. copies ≈ 528k–858k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$14.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveAdventure
The Talos Principle 2 2023	Est. copies ≈ 333k–541k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.4M after Steam's cut $5.0M–$11.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Puzzle Story Rich