How much revenue did Life is Strange: True Colors make?

$6.9M–$18.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Life is Strange: True Colors sell?

Q: How many copies did Life is Strange: True Colors sell?

419k to 681k copies, based on its 17k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 419k–681k; $6.9M–$18.6M after Steam's cut $12.6M–$28.6M before Steam's cut; from 17k 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 Life is Strange: True Colors and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Life is Strange: True Colors's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 841k–1.7M

best case 11.3M (Life is Strange - Episode 1)

Games like Life is Strange: True Colors

A typical game among these

≈ 841k–1.7M copies

≈ $10.9M–$19.8M after Steam's cut

from ~38k 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: Life is Strange - Episode 1 at ≈ 8.6M–14.0M copies. 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 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 611 to 27k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Choices Matter (7 of 8) and Story Rich (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Story Rich + Choices Matter. The breakout hits carry Time Travel + Great Soundtrack + Atmospheric; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 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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Life is Strange 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.0M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	41k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterStory Rich
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.7M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CyberpunkVisual Novel
The Walking Dead: The Final Season 2018	Est. copies ≈ 655k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.6M–$9.7M after Steam's cut $6.5M–$14.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichChoices Matter
Dragon Age™: The Veilguard 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $18.5M–$49.6M after Steam's cut $33.6M–$76.3M before Steam's cut	$59.99	45k reviews Mixed	LGBTQ+Fantasy
Life is Strange - Episode 1 2015	Est. copies ≈ 8.6M–14.0M 4.6x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	176k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichChoices Matter
Dragon Age™ Inquisition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 533k–866k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.8M after Steam's cut $10.7M–$24.2M before Steam's cut	$39.99	21k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGCharacter Customization
The Quarry 2022	Est. copies ≈ 627k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.5M after Steam's cut $22.0M–$49.9M before Steam's cut	$69.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Choices MatterMultiple Endings
Life is Strange: Before the Storm 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.2M before Steam's cut	$16.99	38k reviews Very Positive	Story RichChoices Matter