How much revenue did Rail of Möbius make?

$44k–$117k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Rail of Möbius sell?

Q: How many copies did Rail of Möbius sell?

12k to 20k copies, based on its 492 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–20k; $44k–$117k after Steam's cut $79k–$180k before the cut; from 492 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 Rail of Möbius out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Rail of Möbius's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 51k–63k

best case 1.5M (STEINS;GATE)

Games like Rail of Möbius

The middle of these games

≈ 51k–63k copies

≈ $153k–$684k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: STEINS;GATE at ≈ 1.1M–1.8M copies, ≈ $9.2M–$24.8M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Story Rich (8 of 8) and Visual Novel (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Story Rich, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2022, 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 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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her tears were my light 2022	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $17k–$47k after Steam's cut $32k–$72k before the cut	$2.99	857 reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelLGBTQ+
Raging Loop 2017	Est. copies ≈ 374k–607k 6.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.8M before the cut	$29.99	11k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual NovelAdventure
STEINS;GATE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $9.2M–$24.8M after Steam's cut $16.7M–$38.1M before the cut	$29.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
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STEINS;GATE ELITE 2019	Est. copies ≈ 48k–79k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	2k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelAnime
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