How much revenue did Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog make?

$98k–$263k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog sell?

Q: How many copies did Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog sell?

24k to 39k copies, based on its 958 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–39k; $98k–$263k after Steam's cut $178k–$405k before the cut; from 958 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 Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 317k–350k

best case 1.5M (STEINS;GATE)

Games like Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog

The middle of these games

≈ 317k–350k copies

≈ $1.8M–$3.6M after Steam's cut

from ~8k 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: 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 Visual Novel (8 of 8) and Anime (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Visual Novel + Story Rich, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Multiple Endings + Casual; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 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 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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STEINS;GATE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 3.2x 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
AI: The Somnium Files 2019	Est. copies ≈ 270k–439k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before the cut	$19.99	9k reviews Very Positive	Visual NovelAnime
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STEINS;GATE 0 2018	Est. copies ≈ 255k–414k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.1M before the cut	$34.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Visual Novel Story Rich
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