How much revenue did Don't Forget Me make?

Don't Forget Me is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Don't Forget Me sell?

Q: How many copies did Don't Forget Me sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 105 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; from 105 reviews (Mixed)

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 Don't Forget Me out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Don't Forget Me's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.4M–2.1M

best case 1.7M (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy)

Games like Don't Forget Me

The middle of these games

≈ 1.4M–2.1M copies

≈ $10.8M–$16.1M after Steam's cut

from ~35k 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: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies, ≈ $10.7M–$28.6M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Detective (8 of 8) and Mystery (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Detective + Visual Novel, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Crime + Visual Novel + Anime; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2024, and 1 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).

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Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.5M–$20.1M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$30.9M before the cut	$19.99	33k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeDetective
Murders on the Yangtze River 2024	Est. copies ≈ 525k–853k too small to compare SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.8M after Steam's cut $3.9M–$8.9M before the cut	$14.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveAdventure
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.8M–$23.5M after Steam's cut $15.9M–$36.2M before the cut	$19.99	38k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeVisual Novel
Unheard - Voices of Crime 2019	Est. copies ≈ 976k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.0M after Steam's cut $3.4M–$7.8M before the cut	$6.99	34k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectivePuzzle
Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony 2017	Est. copies ≈ 798k–1.3M too small to compare SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.8M–$23.6M after Steam's cut $15.9M–$36.3M before the cut	$39.99	23k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelDetective
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.7M–$28.6M after Steam's cut $19.4M–$44.1M before the cut	$29.99	45k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveVisual Novel
Return of the Obra Dinn 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.7M after Steam's cut $10.6M–$24.2M before the cut	$19.99	35k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DetectiveMystery
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