How much revenue did BLUE WISH DESIRE make?

$4k–$11k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did BLUE WISH DESIRE sell?

Q: How many copies did BLUE WISH DESIRE sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 68 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $4k–$11k after Steam's cut $8k–$17k before the cut; from 68 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 BLUE WISH DESIRE out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BLUE WISH DESIRE's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 14k–28k

best case 121k (Astebreed: Definitive Edition)

Games like BLUE WISH DESIRE

The middle of these games

≈ 14k–28k copies

≈ $38k–$128k after Steam's cut

from ~324 reviews

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

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Astebreed: Definitive Edition at ≈ 93k–150k copies, ≈ $509k–$1.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Bullet Hell (7 of 8) and Shoot 'Em Up (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Spectacle fighter + Shoot 'Em Up, priced around $20.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 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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