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How many copies did Goodbye Volcano High sell?
Estimated copies sold
≈ 44k–72k
$363k–$976k net $660k–$1.5M gross
from 2k 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 Goodbye Volcano High out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Goodbye Volcano High's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 825k–1.8M
best case 2.4M (UNO)
The Story Rich lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 1.4M copies.

A typical game
≈ 1.4M copies
≈ $8.2M after Steam's cut
from ~36k reviews
Best case
≈ 2.4M copies
UNO · ≈ $9.4M after Steam's cut
from 54k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering
  • Winners here lead with Card Game + Multiplayer, priced around $10.
  • None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2020. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.
  • A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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