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How many copies did FMVMachine sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 124–202
$2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before the cut
from 5 reviews (5 user reviews)
Thin evidence: 5 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 6k–7k
best case 36k (Motesolo : No Girlfriend Since Birth)
Games like FMVMachine

The middle of these games

≈ 6k–7k copies

≈ $7k–$8k after Steam's cut

from ~201 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Motesolo : No Girlfriend Since Birth at ≈ 27k–44k copies, ≈ $172k–$464k after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 127 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 94 to 524.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Simulation (7 of 8) and Choose Your Own Adventure (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Simulation, priced around $7.
The era
The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, 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 52 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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Est. copies
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5.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 50k–100k
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$172k–$464k after Steam's cut $314k–$713k before the cut
$22.99
1k reviews
Very Positive
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