How much revenue did Near-Mage make?

$33k–$89k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Near-Mage sell?

Q: How many copies did Near-Mage sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 242 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before the cut; from 242 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 Near-Mage out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Near-Mage's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 150k–213k

best case 275k (WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT)

Games like Near-Mage

The middle of these games

≈ 150k–213k copies

≈ $1.2M–$2.0M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: WITCH ON THE HOLY NIGHT at ≈ 209k–340k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1k to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Visual Novel (7 of 8) and Anime (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Anime, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 2 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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