How much revenue did STEINS;GATE ELITE make?

STEINS;GATE ELITE is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did STEINS;GATE ELITE sell?

Q: How many copies did STEINS;GATE ELITE sell?

49k to 79k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 49k–79k; from 2k 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 STEINS;GATE ELITE and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including STEINS;GATE ELITE's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 46k–211k

best case 1.5M (STEINS;GATE)

Games like STEINS;GATE ELITE

A typical game among these

≈ 46k–211k copies

≈ $212k–$3.1M 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.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: STEINS;GATE at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $9.3M–$25.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 132 reviews in their first month; the range was 60 to 660.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Visual Novel (8 of 8) and Story Rich (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Story Rich, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 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 52 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram 2019	Est. copies ≈ 39k–64k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureVisual Novel
ISLAND 2018	Est. copies ≈ 54k–88k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $594k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelAnime
STEINS;GATE 0 2018	Est. copies ≈ 259k–421k 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before Steam's cut	$34.99	9k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
GNOSIA 2022	Est. copies ≈ 128k–208k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $878k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelAnime
Pesterquest 2019	Est. copies ≈ 45k–74k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $149k–$402k after Steam's cut $272k–$618k before Steam's cut	$11.99	2k reviews Very Positive	IndieAdventure
STEINS;GATE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $9.3M–$25.1M after Steam's cut $16.9M–$38.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
her tears were my light 2022	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $18k–$47k after Steam's cut $32k–$73k before Steam's cut	$2.99	862 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelLGBTQ+
Seedsow Lullaby 2024	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $81k–$217k after Steam's cut $147k–$334k before Steam's cut	$20.99	564 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAdventure