How much revenue did Death end re;Quest make?

$337k–$906k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Death end re;Quest sell?

Q: How many copies did Death end re;Quest sell?

41k to 66k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 41k–66k; $337k–$906k after Steam's cut $613k–$1.4M before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Death end re;Quest and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Death end re;Quest's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 505k–786k

best case 4.6M (Persona 5 Royal)

Games like Death end re;Quest

A typical game among these

≈ 505k–786k copies

≈ $5.4M–$9.7M after Steam's cut

from ~13k 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: Persona 5 Royal at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $57.7M–$155.1M 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 14k reviews in their first month; the range was 11k to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Anime (8 of 8) and JRPG (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Story Rich, priced around $60. The breakout hits carry Story Rich + Great Soundtrack + Dating Sim; 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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Persona 5 Royal 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $57.7M–$155.1M after Steam's cut $104.9M–$238.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPG Story Rich
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 2015	Est. copies ≈ 599k–973k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	12k reviews Very Positive	AnimeJRPG
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 384k–625k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.3M–$14.2M after Steam's cut $9.6M–$21.9M before Steam's cut	$49.99	13k reviews Very Positive	Creature CollectorJRPG
Persona 3 Reload 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $26.5M–$71.2M after Steam's cut $48.2M–$109.6M before Steam's cut	$59.99	65k reviews Very Positive	JRPGRPG
Tales of Berseria™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 651k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut $16.3M–$37.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	19k reviews Very Positive	AnimeJRPG
Persona 4 Golden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 6.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	88k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPGGreat Soundtrack
Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet 2018	Est. copies ≈ 593k–963k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	20k reviews Mostly Positive	AnimeRPG
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition 2017	Est. copies ≈ 265k–431k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.1M before Steam's cut	$39.99	8k reviews Mostly Positive	AnimeRPG