How much revenue did Moncage make?

$567k–$1.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Moncage sell?

Q: How many copies did Moncage sell?

138k to 224k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 138k–224k; $567k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before the cut; from 6k 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 Moncage out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Moncage's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 94k–524k

best case 580k (Sanfu)

Games like Moncage

The middle of these games

≈ 94k–524k copies

≈ $481k–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~3k 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: Sanfu at ≈ 442k–719k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 611 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 366 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (6 of 8) and Puzzle (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mystery + Drama, priced around $11.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2023, and none of them 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).

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The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 142k–230k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $155k–$418k after Steam's cut $283k–$643k before the cut	$3.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Point & ClickHand-drawn
Layers of Fear 2 (2019) 2019	Est. copies ≈ 73k–118k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $400k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $727k–$1.7M before the cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	Psychological HorrorIndie
The Cat Lady 2013	Est. copies ≈ 397k–646k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $982k–$2.6M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before the cut	$8.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Horror Story Rich
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Sanfu 2023	Est. copies ≈ 442k–719k 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before the cut	$10.99	18k reviews Very Positive	MysteryRPG
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