How much revenue did Suhoshin make?

$18k–$48k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Suhoshin sell?

Q: How many copies did Suhoshin sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 175 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $18k–$48k after Steam's cut $33k–$74k before the cut; from 175 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 Suhoshin out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Suhoshin's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–4.8M

best case 10.2M (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

Games like Suhoshin

The middle of these games

≈ 1.9M–4.8M copies

≈ $11.7M–$21.3M after Steam's cut

from ~69k 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: Doki Doki Literature Club! at ≈ 7.8M–12.7M copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 12k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 7k to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Anime (6 of 8) and Story Rich (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Visual Novel.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 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 70 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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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
The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.9M before the cut	$9.99	60k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelHistorical
Persona 4 Golden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$31.9M after Steam's cut $21.6M–$49.1M before the cut	$19.99	87k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPGGreat Soundtrack
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.4M before the cut	$14.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	CyberpunkVisual Novel
Persona 5 Royal 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.6M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $56.7M–$152.4M after Steam's cut $103.0M–$234.4M before the cut	$59.99	139k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPG Story Rich
Everlasting Summer 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	78k reviews Very Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.3M–$16.9M after Steam's cut $11.4M–$26.0M before the cut	$15.99	58k reviews Very Positive	Psychological HorrorAnime