How much revenue did Nono's magic general shop make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Nono's magic general shop sell?

Q: How many copies did Nono's magic general shop sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 59 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before Steam's cut; from 59 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 Nono's magic general shop and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Nono's magic general shop's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–3.8M

best case 4.9M (EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23)

Games like Nono's magic general shop

A typical game among these

≈ 1.4M–3.8M copies

≈ $18.4M–$44.9M after Steam's cut

from ~56k 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: EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23 at ≈ 3.7M–6.1M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 21k reviews in their first month; the range was 13k to 26k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Management (6 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Football (Soccer) + Sports.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, 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 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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