How much revenue did Taiji make?

$247k–$665k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Taiji sell?

Q: How many copies did Taiji sell?

36k to 58k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 36k–58k; $247k–$665k after Steam's cut $450k–$1.0M before the cut; from 1k 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 Taiji out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Taiji's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–454k

best case 1.2M (The Witness)

Games like Taiji

The middle of these games

≈ 17k–454k copies

≈ $46k–$4.7M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Witness at ≈ 887k–1.4M copies, ≈ $9.8M–$26.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 91 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 46 to 110.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on First-Person (8 of 8) and Exploration (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Puzzle + Exploration, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, and 2 of your 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

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The Witness 2016	Est. copies ≈ 887k–1.4M 19x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.8M–$26.2M after Steam's cut $17.7M–$40.3M before the cut	$39.99	21k reviews Very Positive	PuzzleExploration
Antichamber 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 16x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.5M before the cut	$19.99	18k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	PuzzleFirst-Person
Obduction 2016	Est. copies ≈ 166k–270k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.7M before the cut	$29.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventurePuzzle
The Norwood Suite 2017	Est. copies ≈ 44k–72k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $122k–$328k after Steam's cut $221k–$504k before the cut	$9.99	1k reviews Very Positive	First-PersonExploration
The Inheritance of Crimson Manor 2022	Est. copies ≈ 23k–38k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $128k–$345k after Steam's cut $233k–$530k before the cut	$19.99	940 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationPuzzle
The Heilwald Loophole 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $25k–$67k after Steam's cut $46k–$104k before the cut	$9.99	368 reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Ten Bells 2024	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $37k–$83k before the cut	$4.99	592 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Walking Simulator Psychological Horror
Chroma Zero 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9k–15k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $25k–$66k after Steam's cut $45k–$101k before the cut	$9.99	360 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleAdventure