How much revenue did Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集 make?

$113k–$302k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集 sell?

Q: How many copies did Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集 sell?

37k to 60k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 37k–60k; $113k–$302k after Steam's cut $205k–$465k before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 165k–173k

best case 1.7M (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy)

Games like Roman's Christmas / 罗曼圣诞探案集

A typical game among these

≈ 165k–173k copies

≈ $1.2M–$2.3M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $10.8M–$28.9M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 716 reviews in their first month; the range was 175 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Story Rich (8 of 8) and Visual Novel (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Visual Novel, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Detective + Anime + Mystery; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2019 to 2025, 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 36 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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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 8.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.8M–$28.9M after Steam's cut $19.5M–$44.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveVisual Novel
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection 2024	Est. copies ≈ 121k–196k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AdventureInvestigation
Scarlet Hollow 2021	Est. copies ≈ 132k–215k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessChoices Matter
Roadwarden 2022	Est. copies ≈ 129k–210k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $390k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $709k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$10.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RPGText-Based
Syberia: The World Before 2022	Est. copies ≈ 125k–204k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	AdventureStory Rich
GNOSIA 2022	Est. copies ≈ 128k–208k 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
AI: The Somnium Files 2019	Est. copies ≈ 272k–442k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelAnime
Threefold Recital 2025	Est. copies ≈ 144k–234k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $593k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	6k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DramaMystery