How much revenue did AI: The Somnium Files make?

$1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did AI: The Somnium Files sell?

Q: How many copies did AI: The Somnium Files sell?

268k to 436k copies, based on its 9k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 268k–436k; $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before the cut; from 9k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left AI: The Somnium Files out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including AI: The Somnium Files's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–4.5M

best case 10.1M (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

The Anime genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 1.9M–4.5M copies

≈ $11.2M–$22.1M after Steam's cut

from ~69k reviews

Best case

≈ 7.7M–12.5M copies

Doki Doki Literature Club!

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Anime (6 of 8) and Story Rich (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Visual Novel, priced around $18.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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