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How many copies did Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 34k–56k
$377k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $685k–$1.6M 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.

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We left Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.6M–3.0M
best case 4.5M (Persona 5 Royal)
Games like Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception

The middle of these games

≈ 1.6M–3.0M copies

≈ $5.7M–$28.2M after Steam's cut

from ~61k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Persona 5 Royal at ≈ 3.4M–5.6M copies, ≈ $56.7M–$152.4M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 12k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7k to 19k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Story Rich (6 of 8) and Anime (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with JRPG + Story Rich, priced around $60.
The era
The games you compared span 2018 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 38 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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